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Robert Morgan

What actually makes poetry poetry is of course impossible to define. We recognize it when we hear it, when we see it, but we can't define it.

Robert Morgan

Poetry

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Robert Morgan is saying that poetry has a unique quality that we can identify through experience but cannot clearly explain in words. This means poetry’s essence is understood intuitively rather than through a strict definition.

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