- Source
- Rasselas
- Date
- 1759
- Local voice
- Fictional character · Imlac
Meaning of “To a poet nothing can be useless.”
Creative attention turns a wide range of experience into material; knowledge that seems unrelated can later supply images, comparisons or instruction.
Where does it come from?
Rasselas, Chapter X; spoken by Imlac in his account of learning the poet’s craft through broad observation.
Why the local voice matters
Imlac says this in Rasselas, Chapter X, during his account of the education and observation required of a poet.
