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Poetry is a beautiful way of spoiling prose, and the laborious art of exchanging plain sense for harmony
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"Poetry is a beautiful way of spoiling prose, and the laborious art of exchanging plain sense for harmony"

- Horace Walpole

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Horace Walpole's quote talks with the power of poetry to raise language as well as thought. He suggests that poetry is a method of taking prose, which is already purposeful, as well as making it a lot more beautiful. He calls it a "laborious art" because it needs skill as well as initiative to transform plain feeling into something much more harmonious. Poetry is a means of sharing suggestions and emotions in such a way that is more powerful and also meaningful than prose. It can be utilized to convey complex suggestions in a concise and also elegant means. By using poetic language, writers can create a sense of rhythm and circulation that can be extra powerful than ordinary language. Walpole's quote is a suggestion of the power of poetry to raise language as well as idea, as well as to produce something much more gorgeous than plain sense.

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England Flag This quote is written / told by Horace Walpole between September 24, 1717 and March 2, 1797. He/she was a famous Author from England. The author also have 21 other quotes.

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