Quote by David Antin

While I've had a great distaste for what's usually called song in modern poetry or for what's usually called music, I really don't think of speech as so far from song.

While I've had a great distaste for what's usually called so

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This quote suggests that the speaker has a dislike for contemporary poetry and music that is commonly referred to as song. However, despite this, they believe that speech and song are not as different as they may seem. The speaker implies that there is a close relationship between speech and song, leaving room to interpret that they may find some underlying musicality or lyrical nature in spoken language.

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