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Poetry makes nothing happen is a line from W H Auden's poem 'In Memory of W B Yeats'.
Auden had left-wing sympathies, but became disillusioned after participating in the Spanish Civil War. (He emigrated to America in the late 1930s, so as not to get involved in Britain's war against the Nazis).
Auden had a lifelong problem with Shelley's political activism, and especially with Shelley's statement that 'poets are the unacknowledged legislators of Mankind'. Auden attempted to refute Shelley's credo in many statements of his own - this is one of them.
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What is prancing poetry?
Prancing Poetry is poetry that has high spots an low spots. That makes you want to cry and laugh. Up an down. Hot and cold. Yes and no.
What makes poetry different from other writings?
Poetry differs from other forms of literature because poetry is limitless in its possibilities, not only in terms of content but also in form
How would you write out the text of a talk that you would give your class on the poetry of Elizabeth Bishop?
First research Elizabeth Bishop's poetry. Then come up with a thesis sentence on her poetry style. Then start writing about what in her poetry makes you think that way.
The narrator in Sonnet 130 believes his mistress eyes are like the sun?
Actually, he doesn't - as he makes clear in the opening line. He goes on to mock such comparisons, popular in poetry, but essentially unrealistic.
What makes poetry different from writing?
a poem says more than just plain words. there are words when none are there. in poetry, you can interpret it into whatever you think it may be! with poetry you have the oppurtunity to use your immagination. with poetry you can read between the lines, and you can read what isn't there. poetry is more beautiful than any essay you will ever write.
What makes Hebrew poetry unique?
Nothing.
Why does nothing happen when water is in them?
This question makes absolutely no sense
What will happen when you touch the clouds?
it's the same as fog, nothing would happen. In fact, when clouds come down it makes fog.
What did Shakespeare's poetry have the power to do?
Nothing
What will happen if you freeze toilet paper?
New, or used? It makes a BIG difference!
When did Poetry Now Award happen?
Poetry Now Award happened in 2011.
When did Struga Poetry Evenings happen?
Struga Poetry Evenings happened in 1966.
Why was meter used in poetry?
Meter makes poetry easier to recite.
What will happen if make you love with an ostrich?
Nothing. What makes animals separate species is that they cannot have children together.
Why was meter use in early poetry?
Meter makes poetry easier to recite.
When was the alienation happen?
if there someone nothing makes you sense and yet and you do not know exactly what you want and also you feel powerless
Does this make any sense I am nothing more than to see you there?
It makes some sense, as if to say I only exist in that I see you. If it is meant to be poetry, it needs to say it better.
