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...it, not having yet written a single line, because he had constructed the action of it in his mind. A modern critic would have assured him that the merit...do not in their hearts believe that there is such a thing aa a total-impression to be derived from a poem at all, or to be demanded from a poet ; they...

...merit of his piece depended on the brilliant things which arose under his pen as he went along. We have poems which seem to exist merely for the sake of single...lines and passages ; not for the sake of producing any total-impression. We have critics who seem to direct their attention merely to detached expressions,...

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...great deal more than he does of the poet, whether epic or dramatic. It is quite true that ' We have poems which seem to exist merely for the sake of single...direct their attention merely to detached expressions. I verily think that the majority of them do not in their hearts believe there is such a thing as a...

...merit of his piece depended on the brilliant things which arose under his pen as he went along. We have poems which seem to exist merely for the sake of single...do not in their hearts believe that there is such a thing as a total-impression to be derived from a poem at all, or to be demanded from a poet; they...

...merit of his piece depended on the brilliant things which arose under his pen as he went along. We have poems which seem to exist merely for the sake of single...do not in their hearts believe that there is such a thing as a total-impression -to be derived from a poem at all, or to be demanded from a poet ; they...

...piece depended on the brilliant things which arose under his pen as he went along. We have ^joerns which seem to exist merely for the sake of single...the sake of producing any total impression. We have crities who seem to direct their attention merely to detached expressions, to the language about the...

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...opposite mistake of placing the essence of poetry in the action of the poem. " We have poems," he says, " which seem to exist merely for the sake of single...producing any total impression : we have critics who direct their attention merely to detached expressions, to the language about the action, not to the...