Complete Poems of Edgar Allan PoeHeritage Press, 1943 - 214 pages |
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Page 52
... poetical talent would be the justice of a critique upon poetry . Therefore , a bad poet would , I grant , make a false critique , and his self - love would infallibly bias his little judgment in his favor ; but a poet , who is indeed a ...
... poetical talent would be the justice of a critique upon poetry . Therefore , a bad poet would , I grant , make a false critique , and his self - love would infallibly bias his little judgment in his favor ; but a poet , who is indeed a ...
Page 97
... poetical effect - but this effect is referable to the harmony alone , and not in the least degree to the truth which merely served to render the harmony manifest . We shall reach , however , more immediately a distinct conception of ...
... poetical effect - but this effect is referable to the harmony alone , and not in the least degree to the truth which merely served to render the harmony manifest . We shall reach , however , more immediately a distinct conception of ...
Page 207
... poetical excite- ments interspersed , inevitably , with corresponding depressions - the whole being deprived , through the extremeness of its length , of the vastly important artistic element , totality , or unity , of effect . It ...
... poetical excite- ments interspersed , inevitably , with corresponding depressions - the whole being deprived , through the extremeness of its length , of the vastly important artistic element , totality , or unity , of effect . It ...
Contents
The Editors Commentary | 2 |
Spirits of the Dead | 14 |
A Dream | 22 |
Copyright | |
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