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Page 95
... looking at the world and expresses , among other things , the urge to seek some- thing new in the familiar , the urge , that is , to be creative . Pope , having a genius for poetry , was bound to discover this urge on at least some ...
... looking at the world and expresses , among other things , the urge to seek some- thing new in the familiar , the urge , that is , to be creative . Pope , having a genius for poetry , was bound to discover this urge on at least some ...
Page 144
... looking at the expense of other perspectives offered by the poem , so too can the poet do violence to his own poetry , either by trying to crowd its meaning into a trite formula , of by committing himself to one truth where his poem ...
... looking at the expense of other perspectives offered by the poem , so too can the poet do violence to his own poetry , either by trying to crowd its meaning into a trite formula , of by committing himself to one truth where his poem ...
Page 153
... looking at life . Not every writer knew that much about his age and its habits of thinking . Blackmore obviously didn't — and neither does Pope here : Expression is the Dress of Thought , and still Appears more decent as more suitable.8 ...
... looking at life . Not every writer knew that much about his age and its habits of thinking . Blackmore obviously didn't — and neither does Pope here : Expression is the Dress of Thought , and still Appears more decent as more suitable.8 ...
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