SAT英文阅读扩展(2):What is Poetry
<p> <span word="SAT">SAT</span>英文阅读扩展:<span word="What">What</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="Poetry">Poetry</span></p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="object">object</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="poetry">poetry</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="confessedly">confessedly</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="act">act</span> <span word="upon">upon</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="emotions">emotions</span>;---<span word="and">and</span> <span word="therein">therein</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="poetry">poetry</span> <span word="sufficiently">sufficiently</span> <span word="distinguished">distinguished</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="Wordsworth">Wordsworth</span> <span word="affirms">affirms</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="logical">logical</span> <span word="opposite">opposite</span>---<span word="namely">namely</span>, <span word="not">not</span> <span word="prose">prose</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="matter">matter</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="fact">fact</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="science">science</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="addresses">addresses</span> <span word="itself">itself</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="belief">belief</span>; <span word="the">the</span> <span word="other">other</span>, <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="feelings">feelings</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="does">does</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="convincing">convincing</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="persuading">persuading</span>; <span word="the">the</span> <span word="other">other</span>, <span word="by">by</span> <span word="moving">moving</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="acts">acts</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="presenting">presenting</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="proposition">proposition</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="understanding">understanding</span>; <span word="the">the</span> <span word="other">other</span>, <span word="by">by</span> <span word="offering">offering</span> <span word="interesting">interesting</span> <span word="objects">objects</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="contemplation">contemplation</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sensibilities">sensibilities</span>.</p><p> <span word="This">This</span>, <span word="however">however</span>, <span word="leaves">leaves</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="far">far</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="definition">definition</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="poetry">poetry</span>. <span word="This">This</span> <span word="distinguishes">distinguishes</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="thing">thing</span>; <span word="but">but</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="bound">bound</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="distinguish">distinguish</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="thing">thing</span>. <span word="To">To</span> <span word="bring">bring</span> <span word="thoughts">thoughts</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="images">images</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mind">mind</span>, <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="purpose">purpose</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="acting">acting</span> <span word="upon">upon</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="emotions">emotions</span>, <span word="does">does</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="belong">belong</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="poetry">poetry</span> <span word="alone">alone</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="equally">equally</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="province">province</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="novelist">novelist</span>: <span word="and">and</span> <span word="yet">yet</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="faculty">faculty</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="poet">poet</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="novelist">novelist</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="distinct">distinct</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="any">any</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="faculties">faculties</span>; <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="faculties">faculties</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="novelist">novelist</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="orator">orator</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="poet">poet</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="metaphysician">metaphysician</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="characters">characters</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="united">united</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="characters">characters</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="disparate">disparate</span> <span word="may">may</span>; <span word="but">but</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="natural">natural</span> <span word="connection">connection</span>.</p><p> <span word="Many">Many</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="greatest">greatest</span> <span word="poems">poems</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="form">form</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="fictitious">fictitious</span> <span word="narratives">narratives</span>; <span word="and">and</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="almost">almost</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="good">good</span> <span word="serious">serious</span> <span word="fictions">fictions</span>, <span word="there">there</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="true">true</span> <span word="poetry">poetry</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="radical">radical</span> <span word="distinction">distinction</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="interest">interest</span> <span word="felt">felt</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="story">story</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="such">such</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="interest">interest</span> <span word="excited">excited</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="poetry">poetry</span>; <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="derived">derived</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="incident">incident</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="representation">representation</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="feeling">feeling</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="one">one</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="source">source</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="emotion">emotion</span> <span word="excited">excited</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="exhibition">exhibition</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="state">state</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="states">states</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="human">human</span> <span word="sensibility">sensibility</span>; <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="other">other</span>, <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="series">series</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="states">states</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="mere">mere</span> <span word="outward">outward</span> <span word="circumstances">circumstances</span>. <span word="Now">Now</span>, <span word="all">all</span> <span word="minds">minds</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="capable">capable</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="affected">affected</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="less">less</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="representations">representations</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="latter">latter</span> <span word="kind">kind</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="all">all</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="almost">almost</span> <span word="all">all</span>, <span word="by">by</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="former">former</span>; <span word="yet">yet</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="sources">sources</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="interest">interest</span> <span word="correspond">correspond</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="distinct">distinct</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="mutually">mutually</span> <span word="exclusive">exclusive</span> <span word="characters">characters</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="mind">mind</span>.</p>
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