The book Poetry, With Reference to Aristotle's Poetics; was written by author Newman, John Henry, 1801-1890 Here you can read free online of Poetry, With Reference to Aristotle's Poetics; book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Poetry, With Reference to Aristotle's Poetics; a good or bad book?
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Ordinary writers, for instance, compare aged men to trees in autumn — a gifted poet will in the fading trees discern the fading men.* Pastoral poetry is a description of rustics, agri- 20 culture, and cattle, softened off and corrected from the rude health of nature. Virgil, and much more Pope and others, have run into the fault of coloring too highly ; instead of drawing generalized and ideal forms of shepherds, they have given us pictures of gentlemen 25 and beaux. Their composition may be po...etry, but it is not pastoral poetry. * Thus : — " How quiet shows the woodland scene ! Each flower and tree, its duty done, 30 Reposing in decay serene, Like weary men when age is won," etc. 14 Poetry, with reference to Aristotle's Poetics. 2. The difference between poetical and historical nar- rative mayFe illustrated by the"Tales Founded on Facts, generally of a religious character, so common in the present day, which we must not be thought to approve 5 because we use them for our purpose.
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