Poetry, above all, is a series of intense moments - its power is not in narrative. I'm not dealing with facts, I'm dealing with emotion.

Carol Ann Duffy
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To quote Samuel Taylor Coleridge, “Poetry, above all, is a series of intense moments.” Poetry is not about facts or narrative. It is not about the historical details of the past. It is not about the chronological order of events or precise dates. It is not even about who did what to whom when.

Poetry is about emotion. The emotions that are evoked by poetry are more important than any other aspect of poetry.

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