The difference between poetry and prose is not one of surface qualities, or form, or mode of expression, but of essence. The state of mind in which poetry originates must either seek poetic expression or it must not be expressed.


Form in Modern Poetry (1932)

Herbert Read Quotes

The difference between poetry and prose is not one of surface qualities, or form, or mode of expression, but of essence. The state of mind in which...

The difference between poetry and prose is not one of surface qualities, or form, or mode of expression, but of essence. The state of mind in which...

The difference between poetry and prose is not one of surface qualities, or form, or mode of expression, but of essence. The state of mind in which...

The difference between poetry and prose is not one of surface qualities, or form, or mode of expression, but of essence. The state of mind in which...