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... poetry during this time , he showed evidence of true poetic ability . He was more than a mere imitator of a literary fashion . A more important influence in Chaucer's poetic development was that exerted by Dante , Petrarch , and ...
... poetry during this time , he showed evidence of true poetic ability . He was more than a mere imitator of a literary fashion . A more important influence in Chaucer's poetic development was that exerted by Dante , Petrarch , and ...
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... poet of exceptional sincerity . The Review sought further contributions and received besides poetry an essay on American Poetry . In 1821 Harvard invited Bryant to de- liver the Phi Beta Kappa poem . He responded with The Ages , tracing ...
... poet of exceptional sincerity . The Review sought further contributions and received besides poetry an essay on American Poetry . In 1821 Harvard invited Bryant to de- liver the Phi Beta Kappa poem . He responded with The Ages , tracing ...
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... poetry . Emerson wrote to Whitman , " I find it the most extraor- dinary piece of wit and wisdom that America has yet contributed . " Gradually others began to adopt this manner of writing poetry until in the twentieth century the ...
... poetry . Emerson wrote to Whitman , " I find it the most extraor- dinary piece of wit and wisdom that America has yet contributed . " Gradually others began to adopt this manner of writing poetry until in the twentieth century the ...
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