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Why does Borges define poetry as intimate and essential and that which cannot be defined without oversimplifying? |
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Answer» According to Borges, poetry is the aesthetic act that takes place when the poet writes it, and when the reader reads it, which happens in a slightly different manner. That is why he calls it something so intimate, and so essential that it cannot be defined without oversimplifying it. If we try to define it, it would be like attempting to define the colour yellow or love or the fall of leaves in autumn. |
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