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robert frost once said that a poem begins as a lump in the throar, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a loneliness. would you say that description applies in any way to this poem? explain

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I think when Robert Frost said that "a poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness" he was agreeing with William Wordsworth, who said that a poetry results from powerful emotions remembered in tranquility.

Emily Dickinson said that she knew she was reading real poetry by her physical reaction to it.

I think three great poets are telling us that the best poetry begins with emotion and communicates emotion.

Here is an example that comes to mind:

Speechless
by Ko Un
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

At Auschwitz
piles of glasses,
mountains of shoes ...
returning, we stared out different windows.

It’s a deceptively simple poem which begins with an overwhelming emotion: seeing the Auschwitz death camp. The poet puts readers in his shoes, so to speak.
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