American Literature: From the beginning to 1860.-v. 2. From 1860 to the presentC. Scribner's Sons, 1948 |
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Page 457
... poem . I hold that a long poem does not exist . I maintain that the phrase , " a long poem , " is simply a flat ... POETIC PRINCIPLE 457 "The Battlefield" 411 "The Poetic Principle"
... poem . I hold that a long poem does not exist . I maintain that the phrase , " a long poem , " is simply a flat ... POETIC PRINCIPLE 457 "The Battlefield" 411 "The Poetic Principle"
Page 460
... poem simply for the poem's sake , and to acknowledge such to have been our design , would be to confess our- selves radically wanting in the true Poetic . dignity and force : -but the simple fact is , that would we but permit ourselves ...
... poem simply for the poem's sake , and to acknowledge such to have been our design , would be to confess our- selves radically wanting in the true Poetic . dignity and force : -but the simple fact is , that would we but permit ourselves ...
Page 476
... poem is such , only in- asmuch as it intensely excites , by elevating , the soul ; and all intense excitements are ... poem . Within this limit , the extent of a poem may be made to bear mathematical relation to its merit - in other ...
... poem is such , only in- asmuch as it intensely excites , by elevating , the soul ; and all intense excitements are ... poem . Within this limit , the extent of a poem may be made to bear mathematical relation to its merit - in other ...
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