John Stuart Mill says that “the object of poetry is confessedly to act
upon the emotions,” hence poetry being defined as “man’s thoughts tinged by his feelings.” He also says that “all poetry is of the nature of soliloquy,” and that is why poetry is “feeling confessing itself to itself, in moments of solitude.”
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追溯Mill上述诗论的思想渊源,尤其应阐明Mill本人在其中所做的发展;
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Mill上述诗论对后世又产生了怎样的影响?
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试运用Mill的上述诗论对某一首具体的诗作(自选)进行分析和批评。