Marjorie Boulton Quotes

Marjorie Boulton was a British author and poet writing in both English and Esperanto.

Marjorie Boulton studied English at Somerville College, Oxford where she was taught by C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. She was a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2008. She taught English literature in teacher training and as a college principal for 24 years before turning to full-time research and writing. She is a well-known writer in Esperanto. Boulton in her later years was president of two Esperanto organisations, Kat-amikaro and ODES. Wikipedia  

✵ 7. May 1924 – 30. August 2017
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Marjorie Boulton Quotes

“Rhythm includes metre, but metre is a relatively small part of rhythm.”

Marjorie Boulton

Anatomy of Poetry (1953)

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