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... poet was not merely with his environment but with the " visible forms " through which a higher wisdom is communicated . In ... poetic images were not easily distinguishable . That Nature might herself project a metaphorical language , no ...
... poet was not merely with his environment but with the " visible forms " through which a higher wisdom is communicated . In ... poetic images were not easily distinguishable . That Nature might herself project a metaphorical language , no ...
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... poetic theory and poetic technique . In his in- frequent attempts to reflect upon his art , Bryant was never able to formulate an adequate conception of the relationship between poetic ends and poetic means . If , on the one hand , he ...
... poetic theory and poetic technique . In his in- frequent attempts to reflect upon his art , Bryant was never able to formulate an adequate conception of the relationship between poetic ends and poetic means . If , on the one hand , he ...
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... poetic diction avoids the more obvious pedantry and artifice of earlier American poets , which he had pointed out in some detail in an essay- review of 1818 ; 12 yet he retained many vestiges of the former style . And while the notion ...
... poetic diction avoids the more obvious pedantry and artifice of earlier American poets , which he had pointed out in some detail in an essay- review of 1818 ; 12 yet he retained many vestiges of the former style . And while the notion ...
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