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Stephen Burt Quotes: Some poets marry a language; some have affairs with it; some treat it as a parent, some as a child, some as an equal, or as a friend.
         

Some poets marry a language; some have affairs with it; some treat it as a parent, some as a child, some as an equal, or as a friend.


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This page presents the quote "Some poets marry a language; some have affairs with it; some treat it as a parent, some as a child, some as an equal, or as a friend.". Author of this quote is Stephen Burt. This quote is about poetry, language, equal, parent, children,.