Poetry is what is lost in translation. It is also what is lost in inte…

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Poetry is what is lost in translation. It is also what is lost in interpretation. ✨ Quoted in Louis Untermeyer, Robert Frost: A Backward Look (1964)
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Poetry is what is lost in translation. It is also what is lost in interpretation. ✨ Quoted in Louis Untermeyer, Robert Frost: A Backward Look (1964)

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