poem which represents an exact intellectual system; Dante has a "philosophy," therefore every poet as great as Dante has a philosophy too. Dante had behind him the system of St. Thomas, to which his poem corresponds point to point. Therefore, Shakespeare and behind him Seneca, or Montaigne, or Machiavelli; and if his work does not correspond point to point with any or a composition ofthese, th
The agate lamp within thy hand,Ah! Psyche, from the regions whichAre Holy Land!
Melancholy is thus
the most legitimate of all the poetical tones.
When it(poem) most closely
allies itself to Beauty?
: the death, then, of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably,
the most poetical topic in theworld
- Philosophy ofComposition
Open here I flung the shutter, when, with ma
the background ofthe making of this piece of sculpture. To keep a very long story short, Rodin was asked to make an entrance for Decoratives Arts Museum, with the subject matter for him to decide. This museum was never built, but Rodin did not cease to make this gate (he was greatly interested in Dante and this commission only ignited his zeal to make a sculpture related to his poems). He went o
the poet does, the ironic discrepancy between the comfort he intends and the lack of comfort he actually offers, for not being able to have one's hair soiled is hardly consolation for having it shaved off! In line 24 the boy's words are an expression of a childlike trust that the poet, with more experience oftheworld, knows to be unfounded: thepoem, in fact, is a protest against the harm that
the poet does, the ironic discrepancy between the comfort he intends and the lack of comfort he actually offers, for not being able to have one's hair soiled is hardly consolation for having it shaved off! In line 24 the boy's words are an expression of a childlike trust that the poet, with more experience oftheworld, knows to be unfounded: thepoem, in fact, is a protest against the harm that