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Peter Davison

The more poetry you have in the head, the more poetry you will understand because you will be getting to the roots of what it is that makes people write poetry at all.

Peter Davison

Poetry

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Knowing a lot of poetry helps you understand new poems better because you recognize the deeper reasons behind why people create poetry. This means that having a strong background in poetry connects you to the emotions and ideas that inspire poets to write in the first place.

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