Quote#Poetry
Poetry must be simple, sensuous, or impassioned; this man is neither…
Quote byEmma Lazarus · 1849–1887
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Poems of Emma Lazarus (1889), "Critic and Poet: An Apologue", epigraph.
English (original)
Poetry must be simple, sensuous, or impassioned; this man is neither simple, sensuous, nor impassioned; therefore he is not a poet.
— Emma Lazarus
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