Ralph Waldo EmersonLanguage is fossil poetry
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Language is fossil poetry. The word “language” refers to the spoken words of a language, while “poetry” refers to the spoken words of literature. Since fossils are the remains of ancient life, “fossil poetry” is the fossilized poetry of ancient people who died long before we were born.
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