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... reference to the metre , in no respect differ from that of good 15 prose , but likewise that some of the most interesting parts of the best poems will be found to be strictly the language of prose , when prose is well written . The ...
... reference to the metre , in no respect differ from that of good 15 prose , but likewise that some of the most interesting parts of the best poems will be found to be strictly the language of prose , when prose is well written . The ...
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... reference to the " Children in the Wood , " by no means satisfies my judgement . We all willingly throw our- selves back for awhile into the feelings of our childhood . This ballad , therefore , we read under such recollections of 15 ...
... reference to the " Children in the Wood , " by no means satisfies my judgement . We all willingly throw our- selves back for awhile into the feelings of our childhood . This ballad , therefore , we read under such recollections of 15 ...
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... reference to Milton ; and from the spirit of his critique on Gray's sonnet ; those sentences appear to have been rather 10 courtesies of modesty , than actual limitations of his system . Yet so groundless does this system appear on a ...
... reference to Milton ; and from the spirit of his critique on Gray's sonnet ; those sentences appear to have been rather 10 courtesies of modesty , than actual limitations of his system . Yet so groundless does this system appear on a ...
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... reference to the persons 10 introduced : " It seems , as I retrace the ballad line by line , That but half of it is theirs , and the better half is thine . ” Who , having been previously acquainted with any con- siderable portion of Mr ...
... reference to the persons 10 introduced : " It seems , as I retrace the ballad line by line , That but half of it is theirs , and the better half is thine . ” Who , having been previously acquainted with any con- siderable portion of Mr ...
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... reference , proper or metaphorical , to the theatre . Thus Milton : " Cedar , and pine , and fir , and branching palm , A sylvan scene ; and , as the ranks ascend , Shade above shade , a woody theatre Of stateliest view . " I object to ...
... reference , proper or metaphorical , to the theatre . Thus Milton : " Cedar , and pine , and fir , and branching palm , A sylvan scene ; and , as the ranks ascend , Shade above shade , a woody theatre Of stateliest view . " I object to ...
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Biographia Literaria: Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and ... Samuel Taylor Coleridge No preview available - 2013 |
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Page 6 - Lyrical Ballads, in which it was agreed that my endeavours should be directed to persons and characters supernatural, or at least romantic — yet so as to transfer from our inward nature a human interest and a semblance of truth sufficient to procure for these shadows of imagination that willing suspension of disbelief, for the moment, which constitutes poetic faith.
Page 12 - The poet, described in ideal perfection, brings the whole soul of man into activity, with the subordination of its faculties to each other, according to their relative worth and dignity. He diffuses a tone and spirit of unity that blends, and (as it were) fuses, each into each, by that synthetic and magical power to which we have exclusively appropriated the name of imagination.
Page 43 - At her feet he bowed he fell, he lay down at her feet he bowed, he fell where he bowed, there he fell down dead...
Page 74 - LORD, with what care hast thou begirt us round ! Parents first season us : then schoolmasters Deliver us to laws ; they send us bound To rules of reason, holy messengers, Pulpits and Sundays, sorrow dogging sin, Afflictions sorted, anguish of all sizes. Fine nets and stratagems to catch us in, Bibles laid open, millions of surprises, Blessings beforehand, ties of gratefulness, The sound of glory ringing in our ears ; Without, our shame ; within, our consciences ; Angels and grace, eternal hopes and...
Page 35 - Humble and rustic life was generally chosen because in that condition the essential passions of the heart find a better soil in which they can attain their maturity, are less under restraint, and speak a plainer and more emphatic language...
Page 51 - By bud of nobler race: this is an art Which does mend nature, change it rather, but The art itself is nature.
Page 6 - Wordsworth, on the other hand, was to propose to himself, as his object, to give the charm of novelty to things of every day, and to excite a feeling analogous to the supernatural by awakening the mind's attention from the lethargy of custom, and directing it to the loveliness and the wonders of the world before us...
Page 31 - ... the passions of men are incorporated with the beautiful and permanent forms of nature.
Page 48 - And in my breast the imperfect joys expire; Yet Morning smiles the busy race to cheer, And new-born pleasure brings to happier men; The fields to all their wonted tribute bear; To warm their little loves the birds complain. I fruitless mourn to him that cannot hear And weep the more because I weep in vain.
Page 10 - A poem is that species of composition, which is opposed to works of science, by proposing for its immediate object pleasure, not truth ; and from all other species (having this object in common with it) it is discriminated by proposing to itself such delight from the whole, as is compatible with a distinct gratification from each component part.