• The poetic act consists of suddenly seeing that an idea splits up into a number of equal motifs and of grouping them; they rhyme.

  Stephane Mallarme
  French poet 1842-1898
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. consists
2. suddenly
3. grouping
4. splits
5. number
6. motifs

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The poetic act consists of suddenly seeing that an idea splits up into a number of equal motifs and of grouping them; they rhyme. by : Stephane Mallarme

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