(_a_) Poetical speech generally
[Another mode of speech necessitated by the fact that the
world of poetry and art in general should not be identical
with that of ordinary life, or that of science and religion]
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(_b_) The means by which this is realized
[(_α_) Particular words and expressions only proper to
poetry. Entitled to borrow from language forms obsolete in
ordinary speech. The invention exercised in creating novel
modes of utterance
(_β_) The relative order of words admits of change; how the
licence in this respect may be abused and degenerate into
rhetoric and declamation
(_γ_) The periods of poetical construction composed in
accordance with the ideality of the soul-experience
embodied]
(_c_) Distinctions in the use of these means
[(_α_) Poetry in the age where poetry is the one revealer of
spiritual truth. Force of creative power and simplicity of
diction most obvious features. Creation of a poetic diction
by Dante
(_β_) Distinction from above in an age where prose diction
already elaborated. Expression of poetry becomes more
elaborate and eventually more self-conscious and rhetorical.
The poetry of Rome. The satire. Spanish poetry
(_γ_) The nature of genuine poetical expression. Spontaneity
above all essential]