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... poem . This latter , if truly fulfilling the demands of the poetic sentiment , induces an exaltation of the soul which cannot be long sustained . All high excitements are necessarily transient . Thus a long poem is a paradox . And ...
... poem . This latter , if truly fulfilling the demands of the poetic sentiment , induces an exaltation of the soul which cannot be long sustained . All high excitements are necessarily transient . Thus a long poem is a paradox . And ...
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Sculley Bradley. From The Poetic Principle " In speaking of the Poetic Principle , I have no design to be either thorough ... poem . I hold that a long poem does not exist . I maintain that the phrase , " a long poem , " is simply a flat ...
Sculley Bradley. From The Poetic Principle " In speaking of the Poetic Principle , I have no design to be either thorough ... poem . I hold that a long poem does not exist . I maintain that the phrase , " a long poem , " is simply a flat ...
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... poem , refers to the tradi- tional salutation of the gladiator to the Roman emperor on entering the arena . Longfellow apparently derived the gen- eral idea of the poem from a picture of gladiators painted by Gérôme , bearing ΙΟ 15 20 ...
... poem , refers to the tradi- tional salutation of the gladiator to the Roman emperor on entering the arena . Longfellow apparently derived the gen- eral idea of the poem from a picture of gladiators painted by Gérôme , bearing ΙΟ 15 20 ...
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