>And thus there can be little doubt that in the union of Poetry with Music in its popular sense, we shall find the widest field for the Poetic development. The old Bards and Minnesingers had advantages which we do not possess — and Thomas Moore, singing his own songs, was, in the most legitimate manner, perfecting them as poems.
What did he mean by this?
>>9385584
Can we ban these shitty "what did X mean by this?", "wow really makes you think", ,"redpill me on" and "is X right?" retard-tier threads already?
>>9385597
wow really makes you think
>>9385597
Someone give me a quick rundown on this anon
>>9385584
He's right. But of course those poets wrote to actual music and not cheap four-chord garage rock bullshit
This quote is by Poe, right? The Poetic Principle, if I recall exactly.
>>9385597
Holy...