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... matter and substance of the poetry , and they are in its manner and style . " And he makes the still greater mistake of adding that with reference to the substance and matter of poetry , we may guide ourselves " by Aristotle's profound ...
... matter and substance of the poetry , and they are in its manner and style . " And he makes the still greater mistake of adding that with reference to the substance and matter of poetry , we may guide ourselves " by Aristotle's profound ...
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... matter is that Burns is rejected . He touches high seriousness , but he cannot sustain the note . His is only the ... matters not that Burns was , as Carlyle observed , the first of all our song - writers ; that no Briton so deeply ...
... matter is that Burns is rejected . He touches high seriousness , but he cannot sustain the note . His is only the ... matters not that Burns was , as Carlyle observed , the first of all our song - writers ; that no Briton so deeply ...
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... matter more concisely , one may say this : that Arnold's poetry reflects , with varying force and frequency , the moods of all the eleven touchstones ; and that , in support of this statement , a total of one hundred and twenty - three ...
... matter more concisely , one may say this : that Arnold's poetry reflects , with varying force and frequency , the moods of all the eleven touchstones ; and that , in support of this statement , a total of one hundred and twenty - three ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE Introduction | 13 |
The Pathos of Young Death | 34 |
The Manifold Sorrow of Man | 52 |
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