Background Image
The truest poetry is the most feigning.
-William Shakespeare
Please Wait....
Translating....

The Truest Poetry Is The Most Feigning.

William Shakespeare
The truest poetry is the most feigning.
Views: 2
Cite this Page
Prevent plagiarism by providing proper attribution.
APA FORMAT
Embed this Quote
Copy this HTML code to embed the quote on your website or blog.
HTML CODE
Topic
Poetry Is Touchstones Feigning

More From William Shakespeare

But most love poetry is awful; nobody knows how to write good love poetry either. but that's not a reason not to write love poetry. some of the best poetry ever written has been love poetry, and some of the greatest poetry ever written has been political poetry.
Good Love Writing Political
Poetry is the most informative of all of the arts because everything comes down to poetry. no matter what it is we are describing, ultimately we use either a metaphor; or we say "that's poetry in motion." you drink a glass of wine and say, "that's poetry in a bottle." everything is poetry, so i think we come down to emotional information. and that's what poetry conveys.
Art Wine Emotional
There's no difference between lyrics and poetry. words are words. the only difference is the people who are in academic positions and call themselves poets and have an academic stance. they've got something to lose if they say it's all poetry; if there's not music to it, and you have to wear a certain kind of checkered shirt or something like that. it's all the same. lyrics are lyrics, poetry is poetry, lyrics are poetry, and poetry is lyrics. they are interchangeable to me.
Lyric Poetry Differences People
Poetry is the most direct and simple means of expressing oneself in words: the most primitive nations have poetry, but only quitewell developed civilizations can produce good prose. so don't think of poetry as a perverse and unnatural way of distorting ordinary prose statements: prose is a much less natural way of speaking than poetry is. if you listen to small children, and to the amount of chanting and singsong in their speech, you'll see what i mean.
Children Mean Thinking
Blow, blow, thou winter wind, thou art not so unkind as mans ingratitude thy tooth is not so keen, because thou art not seen, although thy breath be rude. heigh-ho sing, heigh-ho unto the green holly most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly. then heigh-ho the holly this life is most jolly. freeze, freeze, thou bitter sky, that dost not bite so nigh as benefits forgot though thou the waters warp, thy sting is not so sharp as friend rememberd not.
Life Art Winter
Poems very seldom consist of poetry and nothing else; and pleasure can be derived also from their other ingredients. i am convinced that most readers, when they think they are admiring poetry, are deceived by inability to analyse their sensations, and that they are really admiring, not the poetry of the passage before them, but something else in it, which they like better than poetry.
Art Thinking Poetry
Similar Quotes
The art of good decision making is looking forward to and celebrating the tradeoffs, not pretending they don't exist.
Art Decision Looking Forward
No one has to give you permission to make music or make art.
Art Giving Permission
You do silly things for love sometimes and not-so-smart things for love.
Smart Silly Sometimes
The ring at the end of my nose makes me look rather pretty.
Art Media Looks

Trending Author

Denis Healey
Denis Healey
Shirley Chisholm
Shirley Chisholm
Michelle Pfeiffer
Michelle Pfeiffer
Geraldine Ferraro
Geraldine Ferraro
Kathy Acker
Kathy Acker
Abu Bakr
Abu Bakr
Category
Information
Inspirational
Philosophy
Personal Growth
Happiness & Joy
Life Lessons
Success & Business
Motivation