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"If the poem is so moving that even if you have no experience in that particular setting be it 1920's Harlem let's say. You still are so moved that you can put yourself in that position. That means that the writer has managed to go beyond the personal and touch the humanity in all of us and it's really a blast to read it because I realize how that this does hold true for the truly great poems."

- Rita Dove,
bigthink.com, added Oct 28, 2015

Rita Dove

  • Born: August 28, 1952
  • Occupation: Poet
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