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Epic poetry exhibits life in some great symbolic attitude. It cannot strictly be said to symbolize life itself, but always some manner of life.

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By the general process of epic poetry, I mean the way this form of art has constantly responded to the profound needs of the society in which it was made.

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Poetry is the work of poets, not of peoples or communities; artistic creation can never be anything but the production of an individual mind.

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The epic poet collaborates with the spirit of his time in the composition of his work. That is, if he is successful; the time may refuse to work with him, but he may not refuse to work with his time.

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The first epics were intended for recitation; the literary epic is meant to be read.

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But the gravest difficulty, and perhaps the most important, in poetry meant solely for recitation, is the difficulty of achieving verbal beauty, or rather of making verbal beauty tell.

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An epic is not made by piecing together a set of heroic lays, adjusting their discrepancies and making them into a continuous narrative.

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But the development of human society does not go straight forward; and the epic process will therefore be a recurring process, the series a recurring series - though not in exact repetition.

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For the stage displays the first vigorous expression, as the natural thing and without conspicuous restraint, of private individuality.

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If epic poetry is a definite species, the sagas do not fall within it.

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Poet

Born: January 9th, 1881

Died: October 27th, 1938

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