Jean CocteauEvery poem is a coat of arms. It must be deciphered. How much blood, how many tears in exchange for these axes, these muzzles, these unicorns, these torches, these towers, these martlets, these seedlings of stars and these fields of blue!
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When you read the writings of a famous poet, you are reciting their poem. The writer puts their life’s work into this piece of writing. It is an act of homage to the great works of their predecessors. A writer is also creating a poem that will be passed down to future generations.
A reader can become lost in the poem, taking their own meaning into it. A reader then must decipher where the poet is coming from.
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