Author: Austin Clarke

Quotes

Few realise that English poetry is rather like the British constitution, surrounded by pompous precedents and reverences.

Few realise that English poetry is rather like the British constitution, surrounded by pompous precedents and reverences.

- Austin Clarke

It takes us many years to learn that the passion for justice and the welfare of all, once it has been aroused, is the deepest one in moral life.

It takes us many years to learn that the passion for justice and the welfare of all, once it has been aroused, is the deepest one in moral life.

- Austin Clarke

Reform and exchange in English poetry are as slow as in the British constitution itself.

Reform and exchange in English poetry are as slow as in the British constitution itself.

- Austin Clarke

Assonance is not the enemy of rhyme. It helps us to respect rhyme, which has been spoiled by mechanical use.

Assonance is not the enemy of rhyme. It helps us to respect rhyme, which has been spoiled by mechanical use.

- Austin Clarke

Irish poetry has lost the ready ear and the comforts of recognition. But we must go on. We must be true to our own minds.

Irish poetry has lost the ready ear and the comforts of recognition. But we must go on. We must be true to our own minds.

- Austin Clarke

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