Quote#Poetry
In all great poetry there is a kind of “kenosis” of the…
Quote byL. P. Jacks · 1860–1955
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Usurpation Of Language (1910).
English (original)
In all great poetry there is a kind of “kenosis” of the understanding, a self-emptying of the tongue. Here language points away from itself to something greater than itself.
— L. P. Jacks
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