• A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at metaphorically.

  Diane Ackerman
  American poet, essayist, savage and naturalist
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. metaphorically
2. language
3. together
4. hinted

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A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at metaphorically. by : Diane Ackerman

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