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Page 128
... poet who wrote these lines . Earlier readers smiled at them . So does the contemporary reader , but he is sure that more or less con- sciously Whitman is smiling at them . himself , and that in fact Whitman is often at his best as a ...
... poet who wrote these lines . Earlier readers smiled at them . So does the contemporary reader , but he is sure that more or less con- sciously Whitman is smiling at them . himself , and that in fact Whitman is often at his best as a ...
Page 141
... poetic function— the young poet nevertheless com- mands an almost incredible variety of styles , methods , idioms , which are still susceptible of new combinations and interpretations . He commands also a language which is tremendously ...
... poetic function— the young poet nevertheless com- mands an almost incredible variety of styles , methods , idioms , which are still susceptible of new combinations and interpretations . He commands also a language which is tremendously ...
Page 143
... poets came to more slowly and more haphazardly . For sheer skill in metrical composition , for an awareness of the musical qualities of verse , it would be difficult to find better poets in any other age or country . Second , the young poet ...
... poets came to more slowly and more haphazardly . For sheer skill in metrical composition , for an awareness of the musical qualities of verse , it would be difficult to find better poets in any other age or country . Second , the young poet ...
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