 I need scarcely observe that a poem deserves its title only inasmuch as it excites, by elevating the soul. The value of the poem is in the ratio of this elevating excitement. But all excitements are, through a psychal necessity, transient. That degree...  Illustrations of Logic - Página 28por Paul T. Lafleur - 1899 - 97 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Edgar Allan Poe, John Henry Ingram - 1902 - 270 páginas
...whether rightfully or wrongfully, has always had its influence in my own critical estimate of the poem. I hold that a long poem does not exist. I maintain...elevating excitement. But all excitements are, through a psychical necessity, transient. That degree of excitement which would entitle a poem to be so called... | |
 | William Morton Payne - 1904 - 350 páginas
...whether rightfully or wrongfully, has always had its influence in my own critical estimate of the poem. I hold that a long poem does not exist. I maintain...degree of excitement which would entitle a poem to be so called at all, cannot be sustained throughout a composition of any great length. After the lapse... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1904 - 266 páginas
...whether rightfully or wrongfully, has always had its influence in my own critical estimate of the poem. I hold that a long poem does not exist. I maintain...elevating the soul. The value of the poem is in the ratio • See also " The Batlonale ot Verse," TO!, x., present edition. — EDITOB. of this elevating excitement.... | |
 | 1907 - 748 páginas
...very essence of poetry, as he understands it, lies in "its power to excite by elevating the soul," and "the value of the poem is in the ratio of this elevating excitement." Now excitements are, by their very nature, too intense to endure through any very appreciable length... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1908 - 316 páginas
...whether rightfully or wrongfully, has always had its influence in my own critical estimate of the poem. I hold that a long poem does not exist. I maintain...degree of excitement which would entitle a poem to be so called at all, cannot be sustained throughout a composition of any great length. After the lapse... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1909 - 392 páginas
...whether rightfully or wrongfully, has always had its influence in my own critical estimate of the poem. I hold that a long poem does not exist. I maintain...degree of excitement which would entitle a poem to be so called at all, cannot be sustained throughout a composition of any great length. After the lapse... | |
 | 1910 - 526 páginas
...only living aloud, His work, a singing with his hand. — SIDNEY LANIER, Life and Song. Poetry. — I hold that a long poem does not exist. I maintain...degree of excitement which would entitle a poem to be so called at all, cannot be sustained throughout a composition of any great length. After the lapse... | |
 | 1910 - 520 páginas
...whether rightfully or wrongfully, has always had its influence in my own critical estimate of the poem. I hold that a long poem does not exist. I maintain...degree of excitement which would entitle a poem to be so called at all cannot be sustained throughout a composition of any great length. After the lapse... | |
 | Edwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, Charles W. Kent - 1910 - 517 páginas
...only living aloud, His work, a singing with his hand. —SIDNEY LANIER, Life and Song. Poetry.—I hold that a long poem does not exist. I maintain that...degree of excitement which would entitle a poem to be so called at all, cannot be sustained throughout a composition of any great length. After the lapse... | |
 | William Allan Neilson - 1912 - 304 páginas
...long poem, which he finds to be a contradiction in terms. His reason is worth quoting at this point : "I need scarcely observe that a poem deserves its...degree of excitement which would entitle a poem to be so called at all, cannot be sustained through a composition of any great length. After the lapse of... | |
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