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Madhulk

#540446 Sat, 12 Jul 08 02:44 PM

What does take the poetry out of poetry mean?

My guess would be to be able to distinguish real poetry.

Am I right?

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Delmobile

#540455 Sat, 12 Jul 08 03:14 PM

Without more context, I would guess this means to remove the beauty, mystery, evocativeness, resonance, etc. from poetry. To make it more prosaic.

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Madhulk

#540545 Sat, 12 Jul 08 10:53 PM

Thanks, Delmobile!