Practical Guide to English Versification
Practical Guide to English Versification

Practical Guide to English Versification

Practical Guide to English Versification - With a Compendious Dictionary of Rhymes, an ExaminationIam anxious at the...
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Author: Hood, Tom,1835-1874
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Language: English
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Practical Guide to English Versification

Practical Guide to English Versification

$15.24
Practical Guide to English Versification

Practical Guide to English Versification

$15.24
Author: Hood, Tom,1835-1874
Format: eBook
Language: English
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Practical Guide to English Versification - With a Compendious Dictionary of Rhymes, an Examination

Iam anxious at the first outset that the object of this work should not be misunderstood. It does not assume to be a handbook for poets, or a guide to poetry. The attempt to compile such a book as is implied by either of those titles would be as absurd as pretentious. A Poet, to paraphrase the Latin, is created, not manufactured. Cicero's "nascimur poet, fimus oratores," is, with some modification, even more to the point. In a word, poetical genius is a gift, but education and perseverance will make almost any man a versifier. All, therefore, that this book aims to teach is vithe art of Versification. That art, like Logic, is "ars instrumentalis, dirigens mentem inter cognitionem rerum." As Logic does not supply you with arguments, but only defines the mode in which they are to be expressed or used, so Versification does not teach you how to write poetry, but how to construct verse. It may be a means to the end, but it does not pretend to assure its attainment. Versification and Logic are to Poetry and Reason what a parapet is to a bridge: they do not convey you across, but prevent you from falling over. The difference is that which exists between and . ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 51873
Author: Hood, Tom
Release Date: Apr 26, 2016
Format: eBook
Language: English

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