Literary Critique Quotes

“I cannot feel that my appreciation of Milton leads anywhere outside of the mazes of sound.”
― T.S. Eliot

“The Hamartia of Esteem by Stewart Stafford

A clash of Roses has seared these temples grey,
The brash cur pack supplanting divinity's place,
Nightshade words aimed at codpiece not the face,
Inquisition's gauntlet strikes this judgement day.

A death warrant marked by slander's inked stain?
Scarred by a caricatured actor's grasping fear?
In a groundless play for a groundling's sneer?
Mannequin tyrant in a jailer playwright's disdain?

Time shall be your confessor and guide,
A guest casting stones at yourself in haste,
Purifying my beloved's fair hand, debased,
Redeem her undoing at a vengeful rabble's side.

© 2025, Stewart Stafford. All rights reserved.”
― Stewart Stafford