Dennis O'Driscoll: Rhythm

Dennis O'Driscoll was Irish poet, critic. Explore interesting quotes on rhythm.
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“All poets face the same task to 'follow the prompts' and satisfactorily shape the amorphous sounds, rhythms, images or phrases by which a potential poem is recognised.”

Dennis O'Driscoll

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“I am completely passive about my poetry, unless I sense the rhythms, see the images and hear the words spontaneously, I am helpless.”

Dennis O'Driscoll

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Sense

“What we call inspiration in poetry is usually a visitation of words and rhythms rather than ideas.”

Dennis O'Driscoll

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Idea

“The rhythm of poetry and the routine of work are interdependent for some poets”

Dennis O'Driscoll

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“I love the way form and rhythm can somehow confer a higher destiny on even the most workaday words.”

Dennis O'Driscoll

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