Perry approaches poetry through the poet’s own process: impression, transforming imagination and expression. He considers the province of poetry, the poet’s imagination and choice of words, rhythm, metre and stanza forms, and then turns in a second part to the lyric in particular, drawing examples from English balladry, Spenser and the poets of his own day.
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