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Show Defining Poetry Here is Stephane Mallarme's reply to a query made by Vogue In ISSfi as to the definition of poetry: "Poetry is the expression In the language lan-guage of mankind, brought back to its essential rhythm, of the mysterious meaning of the aspects of existence; ft gives authenticity to our sojourn on earth and constitutes its sole spiritual spir-itual task." Jean Mereas replied to the inquiry witli twelve interrogation marks. Pasteur Pas-teur excused himself. Joseph Caiairue! wrote that "poetry is i r"1 art of saying say-ing harniiries in an eccrnrric way." and an unknown vrtT called poetry "the attempt to express the indefinable." indefin-able." From Le Fii-aro. Paris. I |