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Ars Poetica
by Archibald MacLeish
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According to the speaker, a poem should be sensory and concrete, as well as silent, like a round fruit. It should be unthinking or natural, like a person playing with a medallion in their hand. The poem should be as silent as a window ledge...
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The tone of the poem is passionate and thoughtful. This poem is a manifesto about what art should be. Encoded in this theme is the idea of interpretation, because a poem arguably does not become art until perceived by someone.
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