A poem is that species of composition, which is opposed to works of science, by proposing for its immediate object pleasure, not truth; and from all other species (having this object in common with it) it is discriminated by proposing to itself such delight from the whole, as is compatible with a distinct gratification from each component part.


Biographia Literaria, 14

Samuel Taylor Coleridge Quotes

A poem is that species of composition, which is opposed to works of science, by proposing for its immediate object pleasure, not truth; and from all...

A poem is that species of composition, which is opposed to works of science, by proposing for its immediate object pleasure, not truth; and from all...

A poem is that species of composition, which is opposed to works of science, by proposing for its immediate object pleasure, not truth; and from all...

A poem is that species of composition, which is opposed to works of science, by proposing for its immediate object pleasure, not truth; and from all...