![Poetry, even that of the loftiest, and seemingly, that of the wildest odes, [has] a logic of its own as severe as that of science; and more difficult, because more subtle, more complex, and dependent on more and more fugitive causes. In the truly great poets... there is a reason assignable, not only for every word, but for the position of every word.](/assets/img/quote-photos/poetry-even-that-of-the-loftiest-and-seemingly-that-of-the-wildest-odes-has.jpg)
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