The study of rhetoric distinguishes between tropes, or figures of meaning such as metaphor and metonymy, and schemes, or surface patterns of words. Poetry is a matter of trope; and verse, of scheme or design.
—John Hollander, Rhyme's Reason
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The briefest poem may contain a sort of philosophic scheme of the entire creation.
—Josiah Royce (American philosopher, 1855 - 1916)
—Josiah Royce (American philosopher, 1855 - 1916)
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