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Robert Frost

A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness.

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Robert Frost is saying that poetry starts from a deep emotional feeling that is hard to express, like sadness or longing. These intense feelings create a strong urge to put them into words, which becomes the foundation of a poem.

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