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Nor is it possible to picture at all clearly the festive occasion that was the
background for the poetry. Yet efforts to understand the odes are rewarded by at
least a glimpse of the poet behind them. The aristocratic society and standards,
which ...
Nor is it possible to picture at all clearly the festive occasion that was the
background for the poetry. Yet efforts to understand the odes are rewarded by at
least a glimpse of the poet behind them. The aristocratic society and standards,
which ...
Page 591
Distinguishing prose from poetry Differences of tone, pace, and object of attention
Precision of poetic diction Differences of tone, pace, and object of attention ... The
French poet Paul Valéry said that prose was walking, poetry dancing. Indeed ...
Distinguishing prose from poetry Differences of tone, pace, and object of attention
Precision of poetic diction Differences of tone, pace, and object of attention ... The
French poet Paul Valéry said that prose was walking, poetry dancing. Indeed ...
Page 594
It is not at all to be inferred that the poet composed his poem in the manner of the
above laborious analysis of its The ... But the example poetic may serve to
indicate how many modes of the mind go forms together in this articulation of an ...
It is not at all to be inferred that the poet composed his poem in the manner of the
above laborious analysis of its The ... But the example poetic may serve to
indicate how many modes of the mind go forms together in this articulation of an ...
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| Title | The New Encyclopaedia Britannica Encyclopaedia Britannica |
| Author | Encyclopaedia Britannica Publishers, Inc. Staff |
| Contributor | Robert M. Hutchins |
| Edition | 15, illustrated |
| Publisher | Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1974 |
| ISBN | 0852292902, 9780852292907 |
| Length | 934 pages |
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