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— Osip Mandelstam"Poetry is the plough that turns up time in such a way that the abyssal strata of time, its black earth, appear on the surface."
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You have to learn a few things, which you do along the way, but basically, poetry is a matter of the ear. Iambic pentameters or what constitutes a stanza comes naturally - your ears will know.
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