Major Writers of America, Volume 1Perry Miller Harcourt, Brace & World, 1962 - Literary Criticism Selections from the writings of fifteen important American authors, including portions of novels, short stories, prose and poems. |
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Page 466
... poem . This latter , if truly fulfilling the de- mands of the poetic sentiment , induces an exalta- tion of the soul which cannot be long sustained . All high excitements are necessarily transient . Thus a long poem is a paradox . And ...
... poem . This latter , if truly fulfilling the de- mands of the poetic sentiment , induces an exalta- tion of the soul which cannot be long sustained . All high excitements are necessarily transient . Thus a long poem is a paradox . And ...
Page 469
... poem simply for the poem's sake , and to acknowl- edge such to have been our design , would be to confess ourselves 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 acknowl- edge such to have been our design , would be to confess ourselves radically wanting in the true Poetic dignity and force : -but the simple fact is , that , would we but permit ourselves ...
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... poems ; the craft is relaxed , firm , and sure . Only an artist in virtuoso control of his technical resources would attempt a poem with such effortless alternation of narrative ( or recitatif ) and impassioned aria , such dazzling ...
... poems ; the craft is relaxed , firm , and sure . Only an artist in virtuoso control of his technical resources would attempt a poem with such effortless alternation of narrative ( or recitatif ) and impassioned aria , such dazzling ...
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