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Poetry carries its history within it, and it is oral in origin. Its transmission was oral.

James Fenton
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"Stamp of the three-footed molossus" by James Fenton, www.theguardian.com. July 19, 2002.
Poetry carries its history within it, and it is oral in origin. Its transmission was oral.