Thomas CarlyleEvery poet... finds himself born in the midst of prose. He has to struggle from the littleness and obstruction of an actual world into the freedom and infinitude of an ideal.
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A poet is one who uses words to express his innermost thoughts through the written word. Poetry is the expression of imagination, emotion, and above all, feeling. Poetry is often difficult to understand because it goes beyond the realm of the literal into the world of symbolism, metaphor, and even abstract thinking. The poet must struggle with that which is outside of himself to find his voice.
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