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Coleridge on Poetry and Prose

I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose
and poetry; that is, prose, - words in their best order; poetry, - the best
words in their best order.

--Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Posted by Nancy Flynn on January 22, 2006 06:06 PM | Permalink

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