"Poetry... is a matter of space on the page interrupted by a few well-chosen words, to give them importance. Prose is a less grand affair which has to stretch to the edges of the page to be convincing." — Fay Weldon, Auto da Fay
It's how Nigel Molesworth marks it when he quotes a poem, eg Tennyson's "The Brook" as he nods off in class: "My head nods the tired brane drowses, I slip I slide (peotry THE BROOK) into merciful oblivion."
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