"I have had much to learn from Sweden's poetry and, more especially, from her lyrics of the last generation"
- Knut Hamsun
About this Quote
In this quote, Knut Hamsun reveals his adoration for the poetry of Sweden and specifically, the lyrics of the last generation. He acknowledges that he has actually found out a good deal from them, indicating that he has studied and examined their work. This suggests that he values the poetic expression of Sweden and discovers it to be a source of motivation and knowledge. By mentioning the last generation, he may be describing a specific group of poets or a particular time period in Swedish poetry. Overall, this quote highlights Hamsun's gratitude for the poetic tradition of Sweden and his belief in the power of poetry to teach and inform.
This quote is written / told by Knut Hamsun between August 4, 1859 and February 19, 1952. He was a famous Author from Norway.
The author also have 14 other quotes.
"We don't attempt to have any theme for a number of the anthology, or to have any particular sequence. We just put in things that we like, and then we try to alternate the prose and the poetry"
"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"
"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"
