A poem might be defined as thinking about feelings - about human feelings and frailties.
I dislike literary jargon and never use it. Criticism has only one function...
I write poetry in order to live more fully.
If a person studies too much and exhausts his reflective powers he will be confused and will not be able to apprehend even that which had been within the power of his apprehension. For the powers of the body are all alike in this respect.