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Samuel Taylor Coleridge

That willing suspension of disbelief for the moment, which constitutes poetic faith.

Faith

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It means choosing to temporarily set aside doubt in order to fully engage with a story or idea. This act of consciously accepting something as true, even if it’s not, is what allows us to experience the emotions and meaning in poetry or fiction.

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