Poets on Poetry

action admiration Aeneas Æneid ancient Aristotle beauty cæsura called cause character Chaucer comedy composition criticism dæmon delight diction divine doth drama E. E. Cummings effect emotion English English poetry Ennius estimate Euripides evil excellent excitement expression eyes faculty feelings genius Greek hath heart Homer human images imagination imitation judgment kind knowledge language langue d'oïl learning less literature Lucretius manner matter meaning metaphysical poets metre Milton mind modern moral nature never object observe opinion passages passions perfect perhaps persons Petrarch philosopher Plato Plautus plays pleasure Plutarch poem poesy poet poet's poetic poetry praise present principle produced prose reader reason rhyme sense sentiments Shakespeare sith soul speak speech spirit style taste things thou thought tion tragedy true truly truth verse Virgil virtue Wallace Stevens words Wordsworth write