"It hardly seems worthwhile to point out the shortsightedness of those practitioners who would have us believe that the form of the poem is merely its shape"
- Mark Strand
About this Quote
In this quote, Mark Strand is slamming those who believe that the kind of a poem is entirely determined by its physical appearance. He recommends that this belief is short-sighted and fails to acknowledge the real essence and depth of a poem. By lowering a poem to its shape, these professionals are neglecting the complex and complex components that make up a poem, such as its language, structure, and significance. Strand indicates that real gratitude and understanding of poetry exceeds its shallow form and needs a deeper analysis and analysis. Therefore, he questions the value of such narrow-minded thinking and motivates a more holistic approach to appreciating poetry.
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.
"Of the individual poems, some are more lyric and some are more descriptive or narrative. Each poem is fixed in a moment. All those moments written or read together take on the movement and architecture of a narrative"
"The heart of the matter seems to me to be the direct interaction between one's making a poem in English and a poem in the language that one understands and values. I don't see how you can do it otherwise"
"The point of an experiment is not to arrive at a predetermined end point, to prove or disprove anything, but to deliver a poem that reveals much about the process taken"
"Our moments of inspiration are not lost though we have no particular poem to show for them; for those experiences have left an indelible impression, and we are ever and anon reminded of them"
"The figure a poem makes. It begins in delight and ends in wisdom... in a clarification of life - not necessarily a great clarification, such as sects and cults are founded on, but in a momentary stay against confusion"
