But metre itself implies a passion, i. e. a state of excitement, both in the Poet's mind, & is expected in that of the Reader. (Samuel Taylor Coleridge)

But metre itself implies a passion, i. e. a state of excitement, both in the Poet's mind, & is expected in that of the Reader.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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