The poet is he who, by suppressing a part of what exists, by adding some imaginary touches to the picture, and by combining certain real circumstances, but which do not in fact concurrently happen, completes and extends the work of nature.
Existitzen denari zati bat kenduz, koadroari irudizko marra batzuk erantsiz, berez elkarturik egoten ez diren benetako zirkunstantzia batzuk konbinatuz natura osatu eta handiagotzen duena, hori da poeta.