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A poem contains the same elements as a prose composition ; the difference therefore must consist in a different combination of them , in consequence of a different object proposed . According to the difference of the object will be the ...
A poem contains the same elements as a prose composition ; the difference therefore must consist in a different combination of them , in consequence of a different object proposed . According to the difference of the object will be the ...
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And this again can be no other than the property of exciting a more continuous and equal attention , than the language of prose aims at , whether colloquial or written . My own conclusions on the nature of poetry , in the strictest use ...
And this again can be no other than the property of exciting a more continuous and equal attention , than the language of prose aims at , whether colloquial or written . My own conclusions on the nature of poetry , in the strictest use ...
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Though alas ! even our prose writings , nay even the stile of our more set discourses , strive to be in the fashion , and trick themselves out in the soiled and over - worn finery of the meretricious 2 muse .
Though alas ! even our prose writings , nay even the stile of our more set discourses , strive to be in the fashion , and trick themselves out in the soiled and over - worn finery of the meretricious 2 muse .
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... and who with these should combine the keener init likewise an advantage in the Italian tongue , in many other respects inferior to our own , that the language of poetry is more distinct from that of prose than with us .
... and who with these should combine the keener init likewise an advantage in the Italian tongue , in many other respects inferior to our own , that the language of poetry is more distinct from that of prose than with us .
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“ Between the language of prose and that of metrical composition , there neither is , nor can be any essential difference . ” It is against these exclusively , that my opposition is directed . I object , in the very first instance ...
“ Between the language of prose and that of metrical composition , there neither is , nor can be any essential difference . ” It is against these exclusively , that my opposition is directed . I object , in the very first instance ...
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| Title | Biographia Literaria; Or Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2 Biographia Literaria; Or Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Samuel Taylor Coleridge |
| Author | Samuel Taylor Coleridge |
| Publisher | Fenner, 1817 |
| Original from | the Bavarian State Library |
| Digitized | 23 Jan 2009 |
| Length | 309 pages |
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