[(_a_) Less under restriction in respect to his medium. The
problem proposed in one respect more easy, and in another
more difficult than that of the other arts. Technical
control of the medium which is easier makes the demand for
imaginative penetration the greater
(_b_) Being operative in the realm of imaginative idea
itself poetry has to guard against encroaching upon
the spheres of religion, philosophy, and the ordinary
consciousness as such 53
(_c_) To a greater extent than in the other arts the poet
has transfused the external mode of envisagement, which
he creates, with the vitality of soul-life. Mohammedan
poetry. The creative energy must be absolutely free from all
restrictions imposed by the material handled]