"Just as a new scientific discovery manifests something that was already latent in the order of nature, and at the same time is logically related to the total structure of the existing science, so the new poem manifests something that was already latent in the order of words"

This quote by Northrop Frye is a comparison in between clinical exploration as well as poetry. He is recommending that both scientific discovery and poetry belong to the existing structure of their respective fields. Scientific exploration reveals something that was currently existing in the all-natural order, and a brand-new rhyme exposes something that was already hidden in the order of words. Frye is recommending that both scientific discovery and verse are creative acts that are related to the existing structure of their respective fields. He is implying that both scientific exploration and verse are forms of imaginative expression that are connected to the existing framework of their corresponding areas. Frye is recommending that both clinical exploration and poetry are kinds of imaginative expression that can expose something new and amazing, while still being linked to the existing structure of their respective areas.