Erica JongCritics write out of intellectual exercise, not poets. Poets write straight from the heart.
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A poet writes from the heart – that is what a poet does. A poet is not a critic, who writes out of intellectual exercise. In this quote, W.H. Auden makes the point that critics write out of intellectual exercise, but poets write straight from the heart.
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