A person sets out to write a poem for a variety of reasons: to win the heart of his beloved; to express his attitude toward the reality surrounding him, be it a landscape or a state; to capture his state of mind at a given instant; to leave - as he thinks at that moment - a trace on the earth.
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"A person sets out to write a poem for a variety of reasons: to win the heart of his beloved; to express his attitude toward the reality surrounding him, be it a landscape or a state; to capture his state of mind at a given instant; to leave - as he thinks at that moment - a trace on the earth." — Joseph Brodsky #loveromance
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A person sets out to write a poem for a variety of reasons: to win the heart of his beloved; to express his attitude toward the reality surrounding him, be it a landscape or a state; to capture his state of mind at a given instant; to leave - as he thinks at that moment - a trace on the earth. — Joseph Brodsky
About Joseph Brodsky
Joseph Brodsky was a Poet from Soviet Union (1940–1996).
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Who said "A person sets out to write a poem for a variety of reasons: to win the heart of…"?
This quote is attributed to Joseph Brodsky, a Poet from Soviet Union.
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Joseph Brodsky lived from 1940 – 1996.
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