‘The poet… is the man of metaphor: while the philosopher is interested only in the truth of meaning, beyond even signs and names, and the sophist manipulates empty signs… the poet plays on the multiplicity of signifieds.’
Derrida, 1982*
‘The poet’s job is to put into words those feelings we all have that are so deep, so important, and yet so difficult to name, to tell the truth in such a beautiful way, that people cannot live without it.’
Jane Kenyon, American Poet, translator 1947-1995
*Tetreault R. (1991) Shelley: Style and Substance. In: Blank G.K. (eds) The New Shelley. Studies in Romanticism. Palgrave Macmillan, London