A Text-book for the Study of PoetryAllyn and Bacon, 1913 - 214 pagine |
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Pagina iii
... principles of criticism by which to form some esti- mate of acknowledged poetry . It has been truly said that in order to judge a poem , it is first necessary to enjoy it . This susceptibility to poetry , so far as it is communicable at ...
... principles of criticism by which to form some esti- mate of acknowledged poetry . It has been truly said that in order to judge a poem , it is first necessary to enjoy it . This susceptibility to poetry , so far as it is communicable at ...
Pagina 1
... principles that are universally accepted . In the first place , poetry is not synonymous with verse ; that is , not everything written in verse is poetry . This needs only to be stated to become apparent , though the converse , viz ...
... principles that are universally accepted . In the first place , poetry is not synonymous with verse ; that is , not everything written in verse is poetry . This needs only to be stated to become apparent , though the converse , viz ...
Pagina 2
... principles , we may approach our definition of poetry . 1. Poetry a Fine Art . No one will question the state- ment that poetry is one of the fine arts . This places it in the category with painting , sculpture , and music . Now all the ...
... principles , we may approach our definition of poetry . 1. Poetry a Fine Art . No one will question the state- ment that poetry is one of the fine arts . This places it in the category with painting , sculpture , and music . Now all the ...
Pagina 10
... principle of fidelity to nature in depicting human character ; he afterwards . discriminates against exaggerated realism by stating that the poet is to imitate nature not as it actually exists in all its details , but nature as it ...
... principle of fidelity to nature in depicting human character ; he afterwards . discriminates against exaggerated realism by stating that the poet is to imitate nature not as it actually exists in all its details , but nature as it ...
Pagina 18
... principle , which was examined in the preceding chapter , must be con- sidered in its practical bearing on poetry . It must be noted in the first place that the nobility of any primary emotion depends upon the object that excites it ...
... principle , which was examined in the preceding chapter , must be con- sidered in its practical bearing on poetry . It must be noted in the first place that the nobility of any primary emotion depends upon the object that excites it ...
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Pagina 39 - O Proserpina ! For the flowers now that frighted thou let'st fall From Dis's waggon ! daffodils, That come before the swallow dares, and take The winds of March with beauty ; violets dim, But sweeter than the lids of Juno's eyes Or Cytherea's breath...
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Pagina 200 - Each cast at the other, as when two black clouds, With Heaven's artillery fraught, come rattling on Over the Caspian ; then stand front to front Hovering a space, till winds the signal blow To join their dark encounter in mid air...
Pagina 44 - Those green-robed senators of mighty woods, Tall oaks, branch-charmed by the earnest stars, Dream, and so dream all night without a stir...
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