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William Carlos Williams - Poetry demands a different...
Poetry demands a different material than prose. It uses another facet of the same fact ... the spontaneous conformation of language as it is heard. (William Carlos Williams)

Poetry demands a different material than prose. It uses another facet of the same fact ... the spontaneous conformation of language as it is heard.

William Carlos Williams

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