Poetics: An Essay on PoetrySmith, Elder, and Company, 1852 - 294 páginas |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 18
Página 167
... simile ) which are something more than resemblances , which are in fact identities , the same foot - prints of nature traced in different soils . No one who has ever found that when looking at anything shiny - say when his eye is ...
... simile ) which are something more than resemblances , which are in fact identities , the same foot - prints of nature traced in different soils . No one who has ever found that when looking at anything shiny - say when his eye is ...
Página 190
... similes can and do in their own way further the object of the first law , namely , in re- presenting place to the mind , they are by no means essential to that end . A few examples may be given to show how , without similitude or ...
... similes can and do in their own way further the object of the first law , namely , in re- presenting place to the mind , they are by no means essential to that end . A few examples may be given to show how , without similitude or ...
Página 196
... simile . In thus showing how the idea of place may be con- veyed , I have dwelt upon the fact , that comparison is not essential any more than a staff is essential for walk- ing , or a wand for an augur's marking out the houses of ...
... simile . In thus showing how the idea of place may be con- veyed , I have dwelt upon the fact , that comparison is not essential any more than a staff is essential for walk- ing , or a wand for an augur's marking out the houses of ...
Página 200
... Simile and Metaphor . Here , again , the distinction is good , and is not good . In a general way , and so long as we are dealing with extreme instances of simile and of metaphor , it works well ; but when we apply it to doubtful ...
... Simile and Metaphor . Here , again , the distinction is good , and is not good . In a general way , and so long as we are dealing with extreme instances of simile and of metaphor , it works well ; but when we apply it to doubtful ...
Página 201
... simile . The simile , however , will be , or ought to be , a virtual metaphor ; and in like manner instances could be given where metaphor is no better than simile , as in Chester- field's couplet , " The dews of the night most ...
... simile . The simile , however , will be , or ought to be , a virtual metaphor ; and in like manner instances could be given where metaphor is no better than simile , as in Chester- field's couplet , " The dews of the night most ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
activity Æneid Aristotle artist Bacon beautiful believe belongs blank verse called chiefly Christian classical Clement of Rome cloth critics Divine doctrine doubt drama dramatic art dramatists Dugald Stewart E. S. DALLAS endeavours English epic Euripides Euroclydon expression fact faculty faith former Freedom genius give Greek happiness heart heaven Homer human idea Iliad imagery imagination imitative Immortality instinct Jeremy Collier JULIA KAVANAGH kinds of poesy language latter law of poetry least less look lyrical manner means metaphor metre mind modern narrative nature never object perhaps philosopher pleasure plurality poem poet poetic feeling post 8vo present prose reader reality reason regard remarkable rhyme romantic seen self-consciousness sense Shakespere simile simply Sir Philip Sidney song Sophocles soul speak spirit stanza tell theory things thought tion true truly truth uncon unconsciousness utterance whole words Wordsworth writing
Pasajes populares
Página 144 - Of Man's First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful Seat, Sing Heav'nly Muse...
Página 105 - A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts, and nothing long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Página 203 - Earth trembled from her entrails, as again In pangs; and Nature gave a second groan; Sky lour'd, and, muttering thunder, some sad drops Wept at completing of the mortal sin Original...
Página 187 - How beautiful is night ! A dewy freshness fills the silent air, No mist obscures, nor cloud, nor speck, nor stain, Breaks the serene of heaven : In full-orbed glory yonder moon divine Rolls through the dark blue depths.
Página 293 - Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist : notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
Página 106 - A THING of beauty is a joy for ever : Its loveliness increases ; it will never Pass into nothingness ; but still will keep A bower quiet for us, and a sleep Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.
Página 145 - Before all temples the upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for thou know'st; thou from the first Wast present, and, with mighty wings outspread, Dove-like, sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant: what in me is dark Illumine; what is low, raise and support; That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men.
Página 54 - Poetry pleases by exhibiting an idea more grateful to the mind than things themselves afford. This effect proceeds from the display of those parts of nature which attract, and the concealment of those which repel the imagination; but religion must be shown as it is; suppression and addition equally corrupt it; and such as it is, it is known already.
Página 144 - OF MAN'S first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste Brought death into the World, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, Heavenly Muse, that, on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That shepherd who first taught the chosen seed In the beginning how the heavens and earth Rose out of Chaos...