Unsere Sprache ist entweder mechanisch, atomistisch, oder dynamisch. Die echt poetische Sprache soll aber organisch, lebendig sein. Wie oft fühlt man die Armut an Worten, um mehre Ideen mit Einem Schlage zu treffen.
Our language is either
mechanical, atomistic, or dynamic. But truly poetic language should be organic,
alive. How often does one feel the poverty of a words’ ability to express several
ideas at once.
--Novalis, Blütenstaub
Here lies the difference
between nature and everyday language. Nature is all simultaneity. But everyday
language uses lists, plots, beginnings and endings. Poetry must express itself
in the manner of nature, implying the interconnectedness of all things, all
stories, the visible and the invisible. Things are often metaphors for other
things, ideas often metaphors for other ideas, the visible for the invisible,
but the connection may not be obvious until it is revealed by poetic language,
which (as in the Song of Songs, for example) can even express the transcendent.
