New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-29
LITS or CRITICISM.
KrAr, Axp RuEroEIcAL PoaTRY.-

KrAr, ANp RHETORICAL PoETRY.-Kcats. IN.
g ,, f., is ,r'. IRON rhetoric shelley pra,iaoi Xxx
v'irH. on tlr Whole. must De- called greater Coieri-e
bar While sh,v could often be- Rhetorical. AL
Co.criG.r not only rhetorical but at umr- h"ar
ha-Ir.u came a. naturally To Keats L. write pun"
poetry a. u rai.c naturally To niiiugle 10 tell h'r
wm- ga ~ou,." IL h- o. color .ui music are blended
With ',r"-s 10 such wa! A. they wcr" never ~ The
ode blended before. and in such a way As they nave
f,rr hc-u l,ud,d since. The mol'in idea that p"fy
should darlcu and disturb though II di not seriously
damage Keats work. aid certainly tarni n itsomcwhrt;
hut of n The Other poet. ~ thr nineteenth century ~"
understood The poets function So wei ~ he ami hai
III, Command ~ metre been ~ r. At a. hs other POI.
OF oirs IN later uuIcs.-'Ihc Athennuin.
4 PEASANT OF GENIrs.-If il was Ia be pub
i.,nu OF ali il, natlrcd cntrn,cs weshoud have lost
n revelation ~ Calyr. and not have gained much.
repeat that the true Ncuse for his bitter sayings mas
not been eull,rutly understood The man was peas
ant Of genius. accustomed To rouge speech una'cl,
nlliv aware Tor al Miss wcdgwood says q bis .e,sm
that HI bitter speech, unlike mot men hau n',"S ia
i,-tha Ec could u-e lightning 40 - "hlp ne imille,
struck nr not half much injured - they think, and
CARLYLE himself thongh pc ,uIs , moe not snns5 a
often looked ike love ofdet oction.-lIhe spectatr.
Tur MrsIc or IRREGrLAR MErREs-We do
mot nr win those no that irregular metres
OF nccrr-ty nnht TO poetic art ON the contrary, va
blirvr that the arrangement of the rhymes and the
rth o the lines In any meirical passage may be- deter
mined either 10y fixed stanznic law or by law in-
nntry deeper than THISTLE law winch imiels the son
IN state Of poetic eNata,ion Ia seize hold OF every
Kind of mcrical aid such rhyme. crsura etc. 10
u,rate and mark of each shade or emotion n II arises,
regardless of any stanLac demands But between ihe
irrrlnary ~ max, shift such find In Cowley and
his imai"rs aud the irr gnianty OF the " me IrthE
If uba Khan" there II difference In kind Thtrr
nothing In English rhymcd music that can be compared
with Kuhla Khan" And why Because here for once
tr port ha- conquered the GROWING difficulty OF ~rl.
inc In irregular metres. Having broken away from III
restraint, of couplrt and TtnnLa-haNing caused MS
rhymr- and pau-rs 10 fall just where anu Just when ne
rrotinn demands that they should fall, scDrnng TUG
eynciee nf nnk,hft no less than the eAlgenclrs %
s.n,n ne hns found music ~ rtraIrng, as natural,
time inscrutaDle as tAe music OF Nv
Winds or the sea.-.rhe Athcnrun
Mature AND TRAGEDY.-This method still
hnA sr this unfortunate misconccptOn, winch sup
t,.r. or al rnst, seems To suppose that mature ana
tr,y cannot 20 hand finland that To De- tragic "ns
n,-t drst remove oneself altogether out ~ the pale -,
rutoun humanity II In toned down, Indeed ho'r roy
-" cnu,nrtry dominate aud transform the actor ~ u
Ii INT IL u there stil and long "a L. there, -
Ing viii Mr. Irving, any other actor VINO nrhrs
itu.,f the same similar cccentIicen D' tiap' 70
rr"i, sat-fy ia those great scenes 0f human passion hHi
thn, scenes IN which, with any actor ~ senEblliiy
h 1. ,.. the lash that wanted than Tic r'ln IL II d'c,
,I ,nr-,. than idr FOR IL II harmful Ia pretend ih.
NH defect. may b, dismissed Inherent With TINS act"t
~ t.t hollnnrks IL were, that give the stamp ana
currency to the individual To say that We must thr
,h IA "A whole, that We must regard what tle
actor wioicr to express ana put on one sue ~ aIu
"etbrr secondary and unnporant matter the oSpr"s
% itself the form his conception takes 10 urge ths
every actor of has had ana must nave us pecun
II, Of style and dicton, mannerisms as tney are
anJ al firth This cannot be- We do not allow
atntor tn Ice great because he has conceived greN
work hut been unable To give To MS conception ITO PoYes
foriu aud color.-lIhe London Times.