POETRY ([page 277]).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is poetry? 2. Does poetry involve rime? Does it require meter? 3. What is imperatively required beyond verse, rime, or meter to constitute poetry?
EXAMPLES.
—— is rhythmical, imaginative language, expressing the invention, taste, thought, passion, and insight of a human soul.
He knew
Himself to sing, and build the lofty ——.
And ever against eating cares,
Lap me in soft Lydian airs,
Married to immortal ——.