TED Talks

Stephen Burt: Why people need poetry

TV-PG
2014 • E111    Jun 4, 2014    15m
"We're all going to die — and poems can help us live with that." In a charming and funny talk, literary critic Stephen Burt takes us on a lyrical journey with some of his favorite poets, all the way down to a line break and back up to the human urge to imagine.

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