How we cite our quotes: (Line)
Quote #4
For though the Poet's matter, Nature be
His Art doth give the fashion […] (57-58)
The word "matter" here works two ways: one, meaning the poet's subject matter is Nature but his art gives those words structure and substance, and two, the poet's substance, or what makes a person a poet, is a natural gift, but only with hard work does that gift mature and produce great poetry.