There are three things, after all, that a poem must reach: the eye, th…

Robert Frost
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There are three things, after all, that a poem must reach: the eye, the ear, and what we may call the heart or the mind. It is the most important of all to reach the heart of the reader. ✨ Robert Frost, Mark Richardson (2007). The Collected Prose of Robert Frost, p.301, Harvard University Press
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