"There is a property on the horizon which no man has but he whose eye can integrate all the parts, that is, the poet."
Poets have a wide eye, or a wider perspective of life. People see the same object differently. For example the blue that I see may be your green but we both call it Blue because every one else does. But the eye of a poet sees it how it originally was. Poetry is about nature and nature is always different, but it cannot be wrong. When we speak of nature we speak in a poetical sense. hwen he says integrate he means; that john could own one plot of land, smith, bob, and the government own other plots of land. They are all working separately. Only the poet can integrate them all together.
Also, does a tree make a noise if no one is there to hear it?????
Naomi,
ReplyDeleteWoolf (a modernist who follows hard on the heels of the Romantics like Emerson) would say 'no'--but we'll get to that later in the year! Nice post, but push yourself to write more. I'd live to see you use this forum to explore your own good ideas even further!