Most Successful poets of all Time

A poet is a possessor of unusual sensitivity or insight. He is able to express things in a beautiful and romantic way. He is an imaginative, a creative and artistic person. High perception and imagination with profound insight is what that differentiates between a poet and a layman. A multicolored arc in the sky is just a rainbow to a layman but a poet has greater capacity to receive sense impressions about it to express his powerful feelings.

The art or the skill of writing poems in a particular language or form is a natural gift or it may be acquired ability by which a poet deals with the reality of life. It is through the art of poetry that the universal facts are represented. The way a poet idealizes reality and represents the things accordingly rouses our admiration to the art of poetry. Thus, adoption of a narrow view about poetry that it gives us not reality is out of place when one reads poetry and gets inspired and delighted. And the notion that poetry employs artificial language is also incorrect when it is considered on the grounds of diction and poetic beauty and its excellence through which it has since long inspired the readers. Hence, one should turn to poetry to interpret life and to console himself that the poetry relates to our personal life.

• William Shakespeare: "A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool."
• Robert Frost: "Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words."
• John Keats: "I love you the more in that I believe you had liked me for my own sake and for nothing else."
• William Wordsworth: "Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility."
• Emily Dickinson: "Saying nothing... sometimes says the most."
• William Butler Yeats: "Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking."
• Walt Whitman: "Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you."
• Alfred Lord Tennyson: "Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers."
• Maya Angelou: "My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style."
• Percy Bysshe Shelley: "First our pleasures die - and then our hopes, and then our fears - and when these are dead, the debt is due dust claims dust - and we die too."

The message of poems about life and the state of affairs may be understood and are to be applied in our personal life. In this way, poetry teaches us the lessons about how to live life providing the meaning of life.

It was thought that poets should be expected to contribute to society on an elevated plane. It was felt that poets understood the importance of imagination and they could interpret issues with a sense of clarity that others didn't.

Through this book, we will explore the greatest life lessons and secrets to success from The Most Successful Poets of all Time. Reading a quote or two everyday will motivate you achieve your goals. However, motivation is worthless without consistency. Therefore, put consistent action to achieve success. I hope this book will help you towards your journey.

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