A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language.

W.h. Auden
A poet is, before anything else, a person who is...
A poet is, before anything else, a person who is...
A poet is, before anything else, a person who is...
A poet is, before anything else, a person who is...
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The poet is first and foremost a lover of language. He or she is driven to use his or her words to communicate ideas. Poets write poems, but they also write stories, essays, and other forms of literary work. The poet, like any lover, must ask questions before he or she can write. What is the nature of love? What is wrong with the world? How do you solve problems? Poets may not always use their words to answer these questions, but their actions (writing) express their answers through their work.

Source: The Complete Works Of W.h. Auden: Prose, Volume Ii: 19391948

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