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... never truly understood the terms of his vocation . Though his voice in a few great poems rises to uniqueness , the grounds for his triumphs were never clear to him . And though , at times , he brought into the realm of the articulate ...
... never truly understood the terms of his vocation . Though his voice in a few great poems rises to uniqueness , the grounds for his triumphs were never clear to him . And though , at times , he brought into the realm of the articulate ...
Page 109
... never fulfill the promise implicit in his vocation . This pathetic flaw influenced every aspect of his poetry , but it is most noticeable in the two areas with which this chap- ter will deal : poetic theory and poetic technique . In his ...
... never fulfill the promise implicit in his vocation . This pathetic flaw influenced every aspect of his poetry , but it is most noticeable in the two areas with which this chap- ter will deal : poetic theory and poetic technique . In his ...
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... never do to claim for Bryant a genius of the loftiest order . ” 7 For reasons which were never fully developed in his criticism , Poe conceived of at least two distinct ranks of genius , and he gen- erally spoke of Bryant as one ...
... never do to claim for Bryant a genius of the loftiest order . ” 7 For reasons which were never fully developed in his criticism , Poe conceived of at least two distinct ranks of genius , and he gen- erally spoke of Bryant as one ...
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