... find, as in the best passages of Ruskin, poetical prose. Its aesthetic idea or content, its exquisite diction, and its artistic form distinguish genuine poetry from mere verse, which is the mechanical or unartistic expression of commonplace thought, feeling, or incident. Poetry is, in large measure, a product of the creative imagination; and in its highest forms there must be energy of passion, intensity yet delicacy of feeling, loftiness of thought, depth ... — Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism • F. V. N. Painter Read full book for free!
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