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1 I    |   hand; and, on the other, to poetic imitations in iambic, elegiac,
2 I    |       even if a writer in his poetic imitation were to combine
3 XVIII|      possible, to combine all poetic elements; or failing that,
4 XXII | grotesque; but in any mode of poetic diction there must be moderation.
5 XXIII|              XXIII~As to that poetic imitation which is narrative
6 XXIV |    absurdity is veiled by the poetic charm with which the poet
7 XXV  |      the special rules of the poetic art, the error is not justified:
8 XXV  |   touch the essentials of the poetic art, or some accident of
9 XXVI |   censure attaches not to the poetic but to the histrionic art;