“I could no more define poetry than a terrier can define a rat.”– Alfred Edward Housman Related Quotes “Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.”– Carl Sandburg “At the age when Bengali youth almost inevitably writes poetry, I was listening to European classical music.”– Satyajit Ray “Conversation may be compared to a lyre with seven chords – philosophy, art, poetry, love, scandal, and the weather.”– Anna Jameson