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... tion to serve the purposes of the poet , to learn to read him , divesting himself of the prejudices and predispositions that stand in the way of comprehension . The poet becomes a law unto himself which he hands down to the audience and ...
... tion to serve the purposes of the poet , to learn to read him , divesting himself of the prejudices and predispositions that stand in the way of comprehension . The poet becomes a law unto himself which he hands down to the audience and ...
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... tion . Doubtless there is something absurd in determining that x number of birds appear in the poems and that among them there are this many curlews , that many herons , swans , or hawks . Still , the quantification makes the observa- tion ...
... tion . Doubtless there is something absurd in determining that x number of birds appear in the poems and that among them there are this many curlews , that many herons , swans , or hawks . Still , the quantification makes the observa- tion ...
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... tion . And that part is divided into two parts : in the first he makes petition in his invocation ; in the second he suasively urges upon Apollo the petition he has made , announcing a kind of remuneration . And the second part begins ...
... tion . And that part is divided into two parts : in the first he makes petition in his invocation ; in the second he suasively urges upon Apollo the petition he has made , announcing a kind of remuneration . And the second part begins ...
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