A poem compresses much in a small space and adds music, thus heightening its meaning. The city is like poetry: it compresses all life, all races and breeds, into a small island and adds music and the accompaniment of internal engines.
Literary Jukebox: E. B. White’s Manhattan + Cat Power’s Manhattan
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