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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 of the
word ...
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 of the
word ...
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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 muse . It is true , that of late a 24.
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 muse . It is true , that of late a 24.
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Arno , and the groves of Isis and of Cam ; 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
...
Arno , and the groves of Isis and of Cam ; 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
...
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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 , to an equivocation in
the ...
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 , to an equivocation in
the ...
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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 | R. Fenner, 1817 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 13 Jan 2006 |
| Length | 309 pages |
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