A prose writer gets tired of writing prose, and wants to be a poet. So he begins every line with a capital letter, and keeps on writing prose.
— Samuel McChord Crothers  ·  Poetry

📚 名句词汇解析

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writer ['raɪtɚ] 词频2
n. 作家;作者;撰写人;写字…的人;
💡 writ=write写+er人 →作家
近义：literatus, author, redactor, columnist, contributor, editor
capital ['kæpɪtl] 词频1 词根: cap
n. 首都;资本;资源;大写字母; adj. 极好的;死刑的;资本的;首都的;
💡 capit头+al...的→头的→首要的；首都；资本
"We feared that an advance on the capital would soon follow."
我们担心接下来会马上向首都推进。
近义：magnificent, outstanding, premier, prime, prize, superb 反义：little, miniature, miniscule, minuscule, minute, pokey
prose [proz] 词频3
n. 散文;单调，平凡;枯燥无味的话，无聊的议论; vt. 用散文写，把…改写成散文;平淡无趣地写;啰啰唆唆地讲;
💡 扑(p)到玫瑰(rose)上写 散文 网友：yqy 补充：够浪漫了吧
"His writings include poetry and prose."
他的作品包括诗和散文.
近义：prosaicness, prosaism, prosiness
tired ['taɪɚd] 词频1
adj. 疲倦的;困倦的;对…不耐烦的;陈旧的; v. （使）疲劳（ tire的过去式和过去分词）;对（做）某事感到厌倦;
💡 ti（音“踢”）+ red（红色），踢球脚踢红了，很 累
"She gets very bad-tempered when she's tired."
她累的时候就爱发脾气。
近义：jaded, knackered, lazy, outworn, overworked, shattered 反义：peaceable, peaceful, quiet, relaxed, restful, tranquil
writing ['raitiŋ] 词频2
n. 文字;写作;文章;笔迹; v. 写（ write的现在分词）;写信;
"Please confirm your acceptance of this offer in writing."
请书面确认你接受这项提议。
近义：handwriting
poet ['poət] 词频1
n. 诗人;空想家;古典芭蕾舞大师;
"The poet expressed his burning passion for the woman he loved."
这位诗人表达了他对自己热恋的女人的强烈情感.
近义：bard, scop

🏷 更多「Poetry」名言

"Many brave men lived before Agamemnon; but all are overwhelmed in eternal night, unwept, unknown, because they lack a sacred poet."
— Horace
"Every English poet should master the rules of grammar before he attempts to bend or break them."
— Robert Graves
"In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite."
— Paul Dirac
"Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese."
— G. K. Chesterton
"A poet who reads his verse in public may have other nasty habits."
— Robert Heinlein
"The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood."
— Jean Cocteau
"A poem is no place for an idea."
— Edgar Watson Howe
"A poet's hope: to be,like some valley cheese,local, but prized elsewhere."
— W. H. Auden
"Poetry often enters through the window of irrelevance."
— M. C. Richards
"All slang is a metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry."
— G. K. Chesterton
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