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Huan Yi Member Ascendant
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In his introduction to “Translations from the Chinese,” Arthur Whaley wrote: “The most conspicuous feature of European poetry is its pre-occupation with love. This is apparent not only in actual “love-poems,” but in all poetry where the personality of the writer is in any way obtruded. The poet tends to exhibit himself in a romantic light; in fact, to recommend himself as a lover” How appropriate would this be as a description of American poetry? If appropriate, is the poem then a form of author’s “personal” as one might see in a newspaper, and to what extent does it then enhance or diminish the writing as poetry? |
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