Quote#Desire
To understand Vers libre, one must abandon all desire to find in it…
Quote byAmy Lawrence Lowell · 1874–1925
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Dial (January 1917)..
English (original)
To understand Vers libre, one must abandon all desire to find in it the even rhythm of metrical feet. One must allow the lines to flow as they will when read aloud by an intelligent reader.
— Amy Lawrence Lowell
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