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Robert Morgan

I love to compare different time frames. Poetry can evoke the time of the subject. By a very careful choice of words you can evoke an era, completely throw the poem into a different time scale.

Robert Morgan

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Robert Morgan is saying that poetry has the power to bring a specific period or era to life through the careful selection of words. By choosing language thoughtfully, a poet can shift the reader’s sense of time and place, making the poem feel rooted in a particular historical moment.

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