...the same questio1j with, what is a poet ? that the answer to the one is involved in the solu- 5 tion of the other. For it is a distinction resulting from...soul of man into activity, with the subordination of its1° ! faculties to each other, according to their relative worth and dignity. He diffuses a tone...

...preceding disquisition on the fancy and imagination. What is poetry ? is so nearly the same question with, what is a poet? that the answer to the one is involved...poetic genius itself, which sustains and modifies the images,thoughts, and emotions of the poet's own mind. The poet, described in ideal perfection, brings...

...some of the remarks on the Fancy and Imagination. What is poetry ? is so nearly the same question with What is a poet ? — that the answer to the one is...images, thoughts, and emotions of the poet's own mind." 1 The answer to Coleridge's latter question, which he himself does not make very clear, is supplied...

...poetry is essentially vital is only to repeat what has been said by others. And Coleridge tells us that "the poet, described in ideal perfection, brings the whole soul of man into activity." His plummet sinks to the deepest depths of man's emotional nature — to those still depths; and the...

...poetry is essentially vital is only to repeat what has been said by others. And Coleridge tells us that "the poet, described in ideal perfection, brings the whole soul of man into activity." His plummet sinks to the deepest depths of man's emotional nature — to those still depths; and the...

...aims at, whether colloquial or written. . . . What is poetry? is so nearly the same question with, ds observe these little singularities as foils that...presumes to stir till Sir Roger is gone out of the [340 ideal perfection, brings the whole soul of man into activity, with the subordination of its faculties...

...in the soluion of the other. For it is a distinction esulting from the poetic genius itself, rhich sustains and modifies the images, thoughts, and emotions of the poet's own mind. The poet, described in [340 ideal perfection, brings the whole soul of man into activity, with the subordination of its faculties...

...preceding disquisition on the fancy and imagination. What is poetry? is so nearly the same question with, What is a poet? that the . answer to the one is involved in the solution of the other. For jit is a distinction resulting from the poetic genius itself, which '. sustains and modifies the images,...

...running lead, Which slipped through cracks and zigzags of the head. Opposed to him is the poet who "described in ideal perfection, brings the whole soul of man into activity. . . ." His is "a more than usual state of emotion, with more than usual order ; judgment ever awake,...

...existence, and in the knowledge of which consists our dignity and our power.' The Imagination, in sum: ' Brings the whole soul of man into activity, with the subordination of the faculties to each other according to their relative worth and dignity . . . reveals itself in the...