one is a poet and doesn't know it

Meaning: Someone has unintentionally created a rhyme or spoken in verse without realizing it.

Language: English

Literally: (Already vivid in English)

Category: The Absurd

Origin: A folk saying playing on the surprise discovery that ordinary speech can contain poetic form; sometimes credited to Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

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