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Poetry and Criticism
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Nowadays we are all vexed1 by this question of poetry, and in ways peculiar2 to ourselves. Fifty years ago the dispute was whether Browning was a greater poet than Tennyson or Swinburne; to-day it is apparently3 more fundamental, and perhaps substantially more threadbare. We are in a curious half-conscious way incessantly4 debating what poetry is, impelled5 by a sense that, although we have been living at a time of extraordinarily6 prolific7 poetic8 production, not very much good has come out of it. Having thus passed the stage at which the theory that poetry is an end in itself will suffice us, we vaguely9 cast about in our minds for some fuller justification10 of the poetic activity. A presentiment11 that our poetic values are chaotic12 is widespread; we are uncomfortable with it, and there is, we believe, a genuine desire that a standard should be once more created and applied13.
What shall we require of poetry? Delight, music, subtlety14 of thought, a world of the heart's desire,
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| adj.争论不休的;(指问题等)棘手的;争论不休的问题;烦恼的v.使烦恼( vex的过去式和过去分词 );使苦恼;使生气;详细讨论 | |
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     peculiar   | |
| adj.古怪的,异常的;特殊的,特有的 | |
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| adv.显然地;表面上,似乎 | |
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     impelled   | |
| v.推动、推进或敦促某人做某事( impel的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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     prolific   | |
| adj.丰富的,大量的;多产的,富有创造力的 | |
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     poetic   | |
| adj.富有诗意的,有诗人气质的,善于抒情的 | |
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     vaguely   | |
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     justification   | |
| n.正当的理由;辩解的理由 | |
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     presentiment   | |
| n.预感,预觉 | |
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     chaotic   | |
| adj.混沌的,一片混乱的,一团糟的 | |
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     applied   | |
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     subtlety   | |
| n.微妙,敏锐,精巧;微妙之处,细微的区别 | |
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     fidelity   | |
| n.忠诚,忠实;精确 | |
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     casements   | |
| n.窗扉( casement的名词复数 ) | |
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     culmination   | |
| n.顶点;最高潮 | |
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     steadily   | |
| adv.稳定地;不变地;持续地 | |
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     lyric   | |
| n.抒情诗,歌词;adj.抒情的 | |
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     sublimation   | |
| n.升华,升华物,高尚化 | |
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     minor   | |
| adj.较小(少)的,较次要的;n.辅修学科;vi.辅修 | |
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     deliberately   | |
| adv.审慎地;蓄意地;故意地 | |
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     worthiest   | |
| 应得某事物( worthy的最高级 ); 值得做某事; 可尊敬的; 有(某人或事物)的典型特征 | |
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     vessel   | |
| n.船舶;容器,器皿;管,导管,血管 | |
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     mere   | |
| adj.纯粹的;仅仅,只不过 | |
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     colloquial   | |
| adj.口语的,会话的 | |
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     orchard   | |
| n.果园,果园里的全部果树,(美俚)棒球场 | |
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     possessed   | |
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     inevitable   | |
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     merge   | |
| v.(使)结合,(使)合并,(使)合为一体 | |
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     sincerity   | |
| n.真诚,诚意;真实 | |
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     passionate   | |
| adj.热情的,热烈的,激昂的,易动情的,易怒的,性情暴躁的 | |
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     malice   | |
| n.恶意,怨恨,蓄意;[律]预谋 | |
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     remains   | |
| n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹 | |
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     akin   | |
| adj.同族的,类似的 | |
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     contention   | |
| n.争论,争辩,论战;论点,主张 | |
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     opportune   | |
| adj.合适的,适当的 | |
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     haze   | |
| n.霾,烟雾;懵懂,迷糊;vi.(over)变模糊 | |
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     impresarios   | |
| n.(演出的)主办人,经理( impresario的名词复数 ) | |
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     derive   | |
| v.取得;导出;引申;来自;源自;出自 | |
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     vocal   | |
| adj.直言不讳的;嗓音的;n.[pl.]声乐节目 | |
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     dilettante   | |
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     mare   | |
| n.母马,母驴 | |
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     dames   | |
| n.(在英国)夫人(一种封号),夫人(爵士妻子的称号)( dame的名词复数 );女人 | |
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     prelude   | |
| n.序言,前兆,序曲 | |
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     hierarchy   | |
| n.等级制度;统治集团,领导层 | |
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     peril   | |
| n.(严重的)危险;危险的事物 | |
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     desuetude   | |
| n.废止,不用 | |
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     investigation   | |
| n.调查,调查研究 | |
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     appreciation   | |
| n.评价;欣赏;感谢;领会,理解;价格上涨 | |
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     perilous   | |
| adj.危险的,冒险的 | |
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     utterance   | |
| n.用言语表达,话语,言语 | |
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     implicit   | |
| a.暗示的,含蓄的,不明晰的,绝对的 | |
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     philosophical   | |
| adj.哲学家的,哲学上的,达观的 | |
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| 机智地,机敏地 | |
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     inevitably   | |
| adv.不可避免地;必然发生地 | |
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     languish   | |
| vi.变得衰弱无力,失去活力,(植物等)凋萎 | |
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     complacently   | |
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     epic   | |
| n.史诗,叙事诗;adj.史诗般的,壮丽的 | |
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     commonwealth   | |
| n.共和国,联邦,共同体 | |
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     infinitely   | |
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     fluency   | |
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     insipid   | |
| adj.无味的,枯燥乏味的,单调的 | |
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     precipice   | |
| n.悬崖,危急的处境 | |
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     pinnacles   | |
| 顶峰( pinnacle的名词复数 ); 顶点; 尖顶; 小尖塔 | |
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     disintegration   | |
| n.分散,解体 | |
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     reins   | |
| 感情,激情; 缰( rein的名词复数 ); 控制手段; 掌管; (成人带着幼儿走路以防其走失时用的)保护带 | |
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     sensational   | |
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     envisages   | |
| 想像,设想( envisage的第三人称单数 ) | |
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     ridicule   | |
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     complement   | |
| n.补足物,船上的定员;补语;vt.补充,补足 | |
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     attain   | |
| vt.达到,获得,完成 | |
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     intensity   | |
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     nausea   | |
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     mechanism   | |
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     assessment   | |
| n.评价;评估;对财产的估价,被估定的金额 | |
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     lengthy   | |
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     gloss   | |
| n.光泽,光滑;虚饰;注释;vt.加光泽于;掩饰 | |
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     legitimate   | |
| adj.合法的,合理的,合乎逻辑的;v.使合法 | |
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     deduction   | |
| n.减除,扣除,减除额;推论,推理,演绎 | |
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     enunciates   | |
| n.(清晰地)发音( enunciate的名词复数 );确切地说明v.(清晰地)发音( enunciate的第三人称单数 );确切地说明 | |
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     vindication   | |
| n.洗冤,证实 | |
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     supreme   | |
| adj.极度的,最重要的;至高的,最高的 | |
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     stimulus   | |
| n.刺激,刺激物,促进因素,引起兴奋的事物 | |
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| adj.精美的;敏锐的;剧烈的,感觉强烈的 | |
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| adj.可敬的;荣誉的,光荣的 | |
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