Read full poem →2. To create new rhythms--as the expression of new moods--and not to copy
old rhythms, which merely echo old moods. We do not insist upon
"free-verse" as the only method of writing poetry. We fight for it as for
Dictionary Entry
(with on or upon or (that + ordinary verb form)) To hold up a claim emphatically.
In a Sentence
“I insist that my secretary dresses nicely.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
upon insist. insist
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Poetry examples for “insist”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →the history of the last three years. We seek no
avenue of retreat. We insist that the forward
course is the only righteous course. (Applause)
Read full poem →2. To create new rhythms--as the expression of new moods--and not to copy
old rhythms, which merely echo old moods. We do not insist upon
"free-verse" as the only method of writing poetry. We fight for it as for
Read full poem →and he will do his best to speak these passages with the elocution on
which you insist. But the taste for this poetry is an acquired one, and
in the acquisition usually costs efforts quite alien to the prevailing
Read full poem →To-morrow you take a poor dinner with me;
No words—I insist on't—precisely at three:
We'll have Johnson and Burke; all the wits will be there;
Read full poem →I have something to sell him;
Of use, I insist,
When he comes to enlist.
Read full poem →To-morrow you take a poor dinner with me;
No words—I insist on’t—precisely at three:
We’ll have Johnson, and Burke; all the wits will be there;
Read full poem →I have something to sell him; 20
Of use I insist,
When he comes to enlist.