All experiment is made on a basis of tradition; all tradition is the crystallization of experiment.
Louis MacneiceRead
The rules or 'laws' of poetry are only tentative devices, an approximate scheme. There is no Sinaitic recipe for poetry, for the individual poem is the norm.
Interpretation
Poetry is not bound by strict rules; it evolves through individual expression.
In this quote, Louis Macneice emphasizes that the conventions and rules of poetry are merely guidelines rather than absolute laws. He suggests that true poetry arises from personal creativity and expression, indicating that each poem should be seen as a unique work that transcends generalized rules.
In practice
Discussing the nature of poetry in a writing workshop.
All experiment is made on a basis of tradition; all tradition is the crystallization of experiment.
I am not yet born; O fill me with strength against those who would freeze my humanity.
Everyone is not able, or inclined, to write poetry in the narrower sense any more than everyone is qualified to take part in a walking race. But just as all of us can and do walk, so all of us can and do use language poetically.
I am not yet born; Forgive me For the sins that in me the world shall commit, my words When they speak me, my thoughts when they think me, My treason engendered by traitors beyound me, My life when they murder by means of my hands, my death when they live me.
All that I would like to be is human, having a share_x000D_ in a civilized, articulate and well-adjusted_x000D_ community where the mind is given its due_x000D_ but the body is not distrusted
Shadow is a colour as light is, but less brilliant; light and shadow are only the relation of two tones.
If you don't think there is magic in writing, you probably won't write anything magical.
I do most of the cooking in my head.
A Christian should use these arts to the glory of God, not just as tracts, mind you, but as things of beauty to the praise of God. An art work can be a doxology in itself.
From the beginning I thought about working with the body in movement, the space between the body and clothes. I wanted the clothes to move when people moved. The clothes are also for people to dance or laugh
When we talk about music, we talk about our reaction to it. One person might say that music is so poetic, while another says it's all mathematics. Yet another might say it's about sensuality, and so on. That's all true. But music is not just one of these things. It's everything all at once.
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