Defining Literature

Question 1

When does Paul Valery say ‘poetry’ occurs?

Answer 1

Poetry occurs ‘when words show a deviation from the direct expression of thought’ - thus coming to represent ‘a world of relationships distinct from the purely practical world’
Thus suggests that there is a ‘practical’ and a poetic world distinct from each other
Although acknowledges that there is no such thing as ‘pure poetry’, ‘poetry is always striving after this ideal state’