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Gertrude Stein

Poetry consists in a rhyming dictionary and things seen.

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Gertrude Stein suggests that poetry is made up of two main parts: the sounds and patterns of words that rhyme, and the images or experiences that the poet observes. This means that creating poetry involves both the technical aspect of language and the personal perspective of what the poet notices in the world.

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