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... poetry that does concern itself with political events is generally of small worth . The events which bulk largely in ... poetry , have been the offspring of the marriage of history and literature . There seem to be two main ways in which ...
... poetry that does concern itself with political events is generally of small worth . The events which bulk largely in ... poetry , have been the offspring of the marriage of history and literature . There seem to be two main ways in which ...
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... poets have placed all the actualities , noble or mean , beauti- ful or ugly , of modern life . Walt Whitman heralded this movement , this rejection of everything in poetry but the actual and modern : Dead poets , philosophs , priests ...
... poets have placed all the actualities , noble or mean , beauti- ful or ugly , of modern life . Walt Whitman heralded this movement , this rejection of everything in poetry but the actual and modern : Dead poets , philosophs , priests ...
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... poet because his poetry possesses certain great qualities in a fuller measure than his in many other ways more richly dowered contemporaries . They are not the purest , the highest gifts of the poet , but they are qualities which his poetry ...
... poet because his poetry possesses certain great qualities in a fuller measure than his in many other ways more richly dowered contemporaries . They are not the purest , the highest gifts of the poet , but they are qualities which his poetry ...
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