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... poet he has no purpose ; that he but sings as the linnet , and speaks in numbers because the numbers come . If the urgency to utter- ance is so strong as to obliterate consciousness of an objective effect , this does not prove that the ...
... poet he has no purpose ; that he but sings as the linnet , and speaks in numbers because the numbers come . If the urgency to utter- ance is so strong as to obliterate consciousness of an objective effect , this does not prove that the ...
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... poetic construction . Skill in speaking and writing come not by application of rhetorical devices , but by a full , active , and versatile life . The metaphor is a good rhetorical instrument , but it must be born in the writing and not ...
... poetic construction . Skill in speaking and writing come not by application of rhetorical devices , but by a full , active , and versatile life . The metaphor is a good rhetorical instrument , but it must be born in the writing and not ...
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... poet , filled with fine emotions . and beautiful imagery ; but in his day writings that did not carry on their face a distinct moral purpose were supposed to be idle and useless . Spenser yielded to this and tried to expound a system of ...
... poet , filled with fine emotions . and beautiful imagery ; but in his day writings that did not carry on their face a distinct moral purpose were supposed to be idle and useless . Spenser yielded to this and tried to expound a system of ...
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... poets in spite of the fact that they did not write in verse . When it is said that an expres- sion is poetic , the soul of the expression is hinted at , and not its form . It is true that the highest tension . of feeling naturally seeks ...
... poets in spite of the fact that they did not write in verse . When it is said that an expres- sion is poetic , the soul of the expression is hinted at , and not its form . It is true that the highest tension . of feeling naturally seeks ...
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... poet and the astronomer do not present the same facts about the sun , the moon , and the stars . A didactic discourse on religion or ethics requires the selection of quite different phases and elements from that required in arousing ...
... poet and the astronomer do not present the same facts about the sun , the moon , and the stars . A didactic discourse on religion or ethics requires the selection of quite different phases and elements from that required in arousing ...
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