The Children's Poets: Analyses and Appraisals of the Greatest English and American Poets for Children, for Use in Normal Schools, Library Schools, and Homes |
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... Moral Tales , Character Sketches , Versified Advice , and Nature Lyrics . Moral Tales . That a moral can be driven home with a story has been evident for a good many centuries . “ Truth embodied in a tale shall enter in at lowly doors ...
... Moral Tales , Character Sketches , Versified Advice , and Nature Lyrics . Moral Tales . That a moral can be driven home with a story has been evident for a good many centuries . “ Truth embodied in a tale shall enter in at lowly doors ...
Page 58
... moral upon every poem , already referred to herein , is a feature of the Taylors ' work which prevents it from being fine art . The fact that a moral can be found in a poem or a story does not necessarily impair the value of the ...
... moral upon every poem , already referred to herein , is a feature of the Taylors ' work which prevents it from being fine art . The fact that a moral can be found in a poem or a story does not necessarily impair the value of the ...
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... moral , " the didactic . We are right in that , as a general principle . " Art's perfect form no moral needs , " says Whittier . But childhood is pre- eminently the period of practicality , of concreteness , and the child readily ...
... moral , " the didactic . We are right in that , as a general principle . " Art's perfect form no moral needs , " says Whittier . But childhood is pre- eminently the period of practicality , of concreteness , and the child readily ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I CHILDRENS POETRY AND CHILDRENS POETS | 1 |
MOTHER GOOSE | 11 |
ANN AND JANE TAYLOR | 49 |
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