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Most great English poets are inimitable in a way in which Dante was not . If you try to imitate Shakespeare ... The language of each great English poet is his own language ; the language of Dante is the perfection of a common language .
Most great English poets are inimitable in a way in which Dante was not . If you try to imitate Shakespeare ... The language of each great English poet is his own language ; the language of Dante is the perfection of a common language .
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a the harmony , if it is achieved , is precarious , in the sense that while the poet may sustain it throughout his poem ( and the reader feels that it is touch and go with him all the way ) , his success will not help him with the next ...
a the harmony , if it is achieved , is precarious , in the sense that while the poet may sustain it throughout his poem ( and the reader feels that it is touch and go with him all the way ) , his success will not help him with the next ...
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When a poet's achievement is precarious at best , he requires in especial degree the co - operation of his readers . Not that he should be repeatedly given the benefit of the doubt ; that would not be co - operation but indulgence .
When a poet's achievement is precarious at best , he requires in especial degree the co - operation of his readers . Not that he should be repeatedly given the benefit of the doubt ; that would not be co - operation but indulgence .
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Contents
Chaucer and One Idea of Englishness 1972 | 7 |
A Reading of The Oceans Love to Cynthia 1960 | 13 |
Shakespeare and the Practising Poet Today 1976 | 31 |
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| Title | Older Masters: Essays and Reflections on English and American Literature G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series |
| Author | Donald Davie |
| Publisher | Carcanet, 1992 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Feb 29, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0856359793, 9780856359798 |
| Length | 328 pages |
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