Quote by George Eliot

To be a poet is to have a soul so quick to discern, that no shade of quality escapes it, and so quick to feel, that discernment is but a hand playing with finely-ordered variety on the chords of emotion--a soul in which knowledge passes instantaneously into feeling, and feeling flashes back as a new organ of knowledge.

To be a poet is to have a soul so quick to discern, that no

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This quote conveys that being a poet involves having a highly perceptive and sensitive soul, capable of capturing even the subtlest nuances of reality. The poet's soul effortlessly transforms knowledge into deep emotions and uses those emotions as a novel means of understanding the world. Thus, poets possess a unique ability to merge cognition and sentiment, channeling their emotional experiences into a rich tapestry of wisdom and creativity.

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By George Eliot

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