The Rules of Rhyme; A Guide to English Versification —— With a Compendious Dictionary of Rhymes, an Examination of Classical Measures, and Comments Upon Burlesque, Comic Verse, and Song-Writing

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ISBN: 9781330075067 出版年：2016 页码：223 Tom Hood Forgotten Books

I am anxious at the first outset that the object of this work should not be misunderstood. It does not assume to be a handbook for poets, or a guide to poetry. The attempt to compile such a book as is implied by either of those titles would be as absurd as pretentious.A Poet, to paraphrase the Latin, is created, not manufactured. Cicero's nascimur poetæ, fimus oratores, is, with some modification, even more to the point. In a word, poetical genius is a gift, but education and perseverance will make almost any man a versifier.