For while the subjects of poetry are few and recurrent, the moods of man are infinitely various and unstable. It is the same in all arts.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Poetry being the sign of that which all men desire, even though the desire be unconscious, intensity of life or completeness of experience, the universality of its appeal is a matter of course.
Poetry is emotion put into measure. The emotion must come by nature, but the measure can be acquired by art.
Poetry proceeds from the totality of man, sense, imagination, intellect, love, desire, instinct, blood and spirit together.
A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at metaphorically.
Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.
Poetry is man's rebellion against being what he is.
Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who has a contempt for poetry, cannot have much respect for himself, or for anything else.
As far as I am concerned, poetry is a statement concerning the human condition, composed in verse.
And yet, in a culture like ours, which is given to material comforts, and addicted to forms of entertainment that offer immediate gratification, it is surprising that so much poetry is written.
Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility.