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Page 1067
... poets as a guide and source of literary allusions . Love poetry occupies a prominent place in the Kokin- shū , but the joys of love are seldom celebrated ; instead , the poets wrote in the melancholy vein prescribed in the preface ...
... poets as a guide and source of literary allusions . Love poetry occupies a prominent place in the Kokin- shū , but the joys of love are seldom celebrated ; instead , the poets wrote in the melancholy vein prescribed in the preface ...
Page 1091
... poet or poets who gave structure and shape to the two epics ; the social function of poems that take several days to recite ; and the manner in which these poems came to be recorded in writing probably in the course of the 6th century ...
... poet or poets who gave structure and shape to the two epics ; the social function of poems that take several days to recite ; and the manner in which these poems came to be recorded in writing probably in the course of the 6th century ...
Page 1114
... poetry , which consisted of sententious sayings about man and nature . Most gnomic and nature poetry was probably produced in the 10th and 11th centuries by poets other than professional bards . Toward the end of the pre - Norman period ...
... poetry , which consisted of sententious sayings about man and nature . Most gnomic and nature poetry was probably produced in the 10th and 11th centuries by poets other than professional bards . Toward the end of the pre - Norman period ...
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