The poetic act consists in suddenly seeing that an idea splits into a number of motives of equal value and in grouping them; they rhyme. (Stéphane Mallarmé)

The poetic act consists in suddenly seeing that an idea splits into a number of motives of equal value and in grouping them; they rhyme.

Stéphane Mallarmé

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