"To read a poem is to hear it with our eyes; to hear it is to see it with our ears"
- Octavio Paz
About this Quote
Octavio Paz is suggesting that checking out a rhyme calls for more than just comprehending the words, yet likewise includes experiencing the audios and rhythms of the poem. In other words, reading and hearing a rhyme are two interconnected detects that interact to develop a total experience. The phrase "hear it with our eyes" suggests that there is an aesthetic element to poetry that can be just as essential as what we listen to. Similarly, "see it with our ears" recommends that listening to a poem can be equally as aesthetically promoting as seeing something. Eventually, Paz is stating that verse is a multisensory experience that has to be totally participated in order to be valued.
This quote is written / told by Octavio Paz between March 31, 1914 and April 19, 1998. He/she was a famous Poet from Mexico, the quote is categorized under the topic Poetry. The author also have 12 other quotes.
"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"
"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 second, and I think this is the much more overt and I think it is the main cause, I have been increasingly demonstrating or trying to demonstrate that every possible stance a critic, a scholar, a teacher can take towards a poem is itself inevitably and necessarily poetic"
