Nicholas SparksPoetry, she thought, wasn't written to be analyzed; it was meant to inspire without reason, to touch without understanding.
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These are the words of a very intelligent young woman who was not very much into poetry. She’s only read the poem, but she knows that she will never understand it. The poem is just for her, to touch her without understanding. She loves it without reason, and she knows that poetry is not written to be analyzed.
Source: The Notebook
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