The more one reads poetry, the less tolerant one becomes of any sort of verbosity, be that in political or philosophical discourse, be that in history, social studies or the art of fiction.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
More modern poetry is written than read.
I'm a failed poet. Reading poetry helps me to see the world differently, and I try to infuse my prose with figurative language, which goes against the trend in fiction.
One can't write for all readers. A poet cannot write for people who don't like poetry.
Poets are like the decathletes of literature.
I think that is where poetry reading becomes such an individual thing. I mean I have friend who like poets who just don't say anything to me at all, I mean they seem to me rather ordinary and pedestrian.
From the reader's view, a poem is more demanding than prose.
Sometimes poetry is inspired by the conversation entered into by reading other poems.
If poetry alters the way in which the reader views the world, then it has had its desired effect.
The decision to write in prose instead of poetry is made more by the readers than by writers. Almost no one is interested in reading narrative in verse.
The object of poetic activity is essentially language: whatever his beliefs and convictions, the poet is more concerned with words than with what these words designate.
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