Carolina QuotesEvery word is an abstraction or category, not a particular.
Robert Pinsky Connected to the Carolinas
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The Situation of Poetry - Contemporary Poetry and its Traditions Princeton University Press 1976
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“Every word is an abstraction or category, not a particular.” Robert Pinsky. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-89F4DDF7A6. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/89f4ddf7a6
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It is the nature of poetry to emphasize that the physical sounds of words come from a particular body , one at a time, in a particular order.
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