It is manifestly absurd to crown with the name of poetry every petty emotion or description by some versifier, and deny it to the great dramatists who depict passions and color great ideas with emotion.
"The Literature of Ecstasy"
Albert Mordell
But the minor versifier has no soul, or if he has he keeps it out of his verses.
"The Literature of Ecstasy"
Albert Mordell
When they take the pen in hand and write a letter or keep a diary, they become poets no less than the versifier who puts his feelings down in patterned speech.
"The Literature of Ecstasy"
Albert Mordell