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I would admit that poetry is something more than mere communication and that if that 'something more' could be abstracted from the whole, it might well prove to be that which makes the whole a poem.
Louis MacNeice
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"I would admit that poetry is something more than mere communication and that if that 'something more' could be abstracted from the whole, it might well prove to be that which makes the whole a poem."
— Louis MacNeice

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I would admit that poetry is something more than mere communication and that if that 'something more' could be abstracted from the whole, it might well prove to be that which makes the whole a poem. — Louis MacNeice

About Louis MacNeice

Louis MacNeice was a Poet from United Kingdom (1907–1963).

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This quote is attributed to Louis MacNeice, a Poet from United Kingdom.
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Louis MacNeice lived from 1907 – 1963.