By poetry we mean the art of employing words in such a manner as to produce an illusion on the imagination, the art of doing by means of words what the painter does by means of colors. Critical and historical essays - Page 4by Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays]) - 1883Full view - About this book
| 1884 - 866 pages
...Macaulay carries his confusion of thought into his definition of the art of poetry. By poetry [he says] we mean not all writing in verse, nor even all good...the art of doing by means of words what the painter does by means of colors. But plainly, on this principle, we should have to deny the title of painter... | |
| Baron Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay - 160 pages
...unsoundness of mind, if any- 10 thing which gives so much pleasure ought to be called unsoundness. By poetry we mean not all writing in verse, nor even...grounds, deserve the highest praise. By poetry we mean 15 the art of employing words in such a manner as to produce an illusion on the imagination, the art... | |
| 1916 - 696 pages
...while to discuss the mission of the poet and his works. Says Lord Macaulay, in his essay on Milton: "By poetry we mean the art of employing words in such...the art of doing by means of words what the painter does by means of colors." Rhyming is a secondary consideration. Walt Whitman is as truly a poet as... | |
| 1841 - 768 pages
...occur to me at this moment. " By poetry we mean," says an English Reviewer of Milton (Macauley,) " the art of employing words in such a manner as to...the art of doing by means of words what the painter does by means of colors." This definition seems to me, certainly as expressed iu the latter clause... | |
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