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" Well, I like to write poetry. I'm a published poet. "

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" He who draws noble delights from sentiments of poetry is a true poet, though he has never written a line in all his life. "

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" With several different kinds of poetry to choose from, a man would decide that he would like best to be an epic poet, and he would set out, in conscious determination, on an epic poem. "

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