/lit/ - Literature

>>19582031
literal brainlet
>>19582054
this anon is right

Poetry works upon the function of subtlety, ambiguity. Its beauty has a both ephemeral and lasting quality. Prose is by definition a very limited form compared to poetry, in an artistic sense. Even if it tries aping poetry's subtlety, it will always be inferior to the actual thing.

here's a simple, but neat one, by shakespeare

>>19526969
Not true. You've literally never read good poetry if you say that. When the sublime is good it's so good you don't even know it's there. It's like a psychedelic experience, constantly teetering on the edge of real-unreal. That's where the beauty, where the magic lies.