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But if this should be admitted as a satisfactory character of a poem , we have still
to seek for a definition of poetry . The writings of Plato , and Bishop TAYLOR , and
the Theoria Sacra of BURNET , furnish undeniable proofs that poetry of the ...
But if this should be admitted as a satisfactory character of a poem , we have still
to seek for a definition of poetry . The writings of Plato , and Bishop TAYLOR , and
the Theoria Sacra of BURNET , furnish undeniable proofs that poetry of the ...
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... I have endeavoured to discover what the qualities in a poem are , which may
be deemed promises and specific symptoms of poetic power , as distinguished
from general talent determined to poetic composition by accidental motives , by
an ...
... I have endeavoured to discover what the qualities in a poem are , which may
be deemed promises and specific symptoms of poetic power , as distinguished
from general talent determined to poetic composition by accidental motives , by
an ...
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... voyages , and works of natural history ) affecting incidents ; just thoughts ;
interesting personal or domestic feelings ; and with these the art of their
combination or intertexture in the form of a poem ; may all by incessant effort be
acquired as a ...
... voyages , and works of natural history ) affecting incidents ; just thoughts ;
interesting personal or domestic feelings ; and with these the art of their
combination or intertexture in the form of a poem ; may all by incessant effort be
acquired as a ...
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At least I have found , that where the subject is taken immediately from the
author's personal sensations and experiences , the excellence of a particular
poem is but an equivocal mark , and often a fallacious pledge , of genuine poetic
power .
At least I have found , that where the subject is taken immediately from the
author's personal sensations and experiences , the excellence of a particular
poem is but an equivocal mark , and often a fallacious pledge , of genuine poetic
power .
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I think , I should have conjectured from these poems , that even then the great
instinct , which impelled the poet to the drama , was secretly working in him ,
prompting him by a series and never broken chain of imagery , always vivid and ...
I think , I should have conjectured from these poems , that even then the great
instinct , which impelled the poet to the drama , was secretly working in him ,
prompting him by a series and never broken chain of imagery , always vivid and ...
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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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