"The blood jet is poetry and there is no stopping it"
- Sylvia Plath
About this Quote
This quote by Sylvia Plath speaks to the power of poetry and its capability to move us. The metaphor of a "blood jet" recommends a powerful and unstoppable force, and Plath is recommending that poetry is simply as powerful and unstoppable. Poetry has the power to move us emotionally, to make us believe, and to inspire us. It can be a source of convenience and solace, or a source of anger and frustration. No matter what, it is an effective force that can't be stopped. Plath is recommending that poetry is an effective force that can't be included or controlled, and that it will continue to move us and motivate us no matter what.
This quote is written / told by Sylvia Plath between October 27, 1932 and February 11, 1963. She was a famous Poet from USA.
The author also have 16 other quotes.
"I think Ginsberg has done more harm to the craft that I honor and live by than anybody else by reducing it to a kind of mean that enables the most dubious practitioners to claim they are poets because they think, If the kind of thing Ginsberg does is poetry, I can do that"
"Nothing truly convincing - which would possess thoroughness, vigor, and skill - has been written against the ancients as yet; especially not against their poetry"
"The dance can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music, and it has the additional merit of being human and palpable. Dancing is poetry with arms and legs"
"A book is sent out into the world, and there is no way of fully anticipating the responses it will elicit. Consider the responses called forth by the Bible, Homer, Shakespeare - let alone contemporary poetry or a modern novel"
