Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

About This Quote

This quote by William Blake is an example of the power of language to fully capture the essence of a person or idea. To communicate before it is understood means that people who hear this quote will not understand at first what it means. But, they will feel something and will realize that the words they heard were not only true but also something very special about their own lives.

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