Word: poetics
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...poems are all good, so that it is hardly possible to speak of any particularly. But the poems by Loring will probably be more eagerly read than any others in the collection. He had, perhaps, more poetic talent than any of the other contributors, and his sad fate, too, has led many to be interested in whatever he has written. Some of his poems are here, we believe, for the first time published in book form...
...prose. We have had here, in the past ten years, many men who have given evidence of ability to write very good poetry, but we have not yet found one who possessed both the means and the disposing frame of mind to encourage the rising lights in the poetic firmament. At Oxford the prize poem is something which is struggled for, and the successful man is justly admired. That such a prize has been awarded yearly, for many generations, accounts, in some degree certainly, for the rank which the poets of England have taken in the world. Here we look...
...That every one is equally gifted with the poetic faculty, whether for composition or appreciation," I said (for I am a little given to being sententious at times, though from what professor I learned it, it would be impolite and impolitic to say), "I do not pretend, but certainly all possess it in some degree." Here I drew a long breath, and he sighed...
Still I cannot but feel that a large part of the lack of interest is caused by the unfortunate choice of subjects. Undoubtedly, to the fledgling's eye, there is something very picturesque and poetic in a fading daisy, but as long as your readers refuse to see it, you had better keep your lucubration in your portfolio...
With some poetic feat...