Quotation by

Robert Frost

Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.

Poetry

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Poetry happens when a feeling becomes clear enough to be understood as a specific idea, and that idea is then expressed through carefully chosen language. It shows how emotions and thoughts connect through words to create meaning.

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