"I believe that all poetry is formal in that it exists within limits, limits that are either inherited by tradition or limits that language itself imposes"
- Mark Strand
About this Quote
In this quote, Mark Strand expresses his belief that all poetry has a formal structure, indicating that it follows certain guidelines and constraints. These restrictions can either be acquired from the traditions of poetry or imposed by the very nature of language itself. This suggests that even the most experimental and unconventional forms of poetry still stick to some sort of structure. By acknowledging these limitations, Strand highlights the significance of structure and kind in poetry, as they supply a structure for the poet to reveal their concepts and emotions. Ultimately, this quote highlights the concept that poetry, no matter how free or unlimited it might seem, is still bound by certain boundaries.
This quote is written / told by Mark Strand between April 11, 1934 and November 29, 2014. He was a famous Poet from USA.
The author also have 24 other quotes.
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"Concrete poets continue to turn out beautiful things, but to me they're more visual than oral, and they almost really belong on the wall rather than in a book. I haven't the least idea of where poetry is going"
"Homer's whole language, the language in which he lived, the language that he breathed, because he never saw it, or certainly those who formed his tradition never saw it, in characters on the pages. It was all on the tongue and in the ear"
"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"
