Epibsp;poetry has, however, a great—a special—capacity for enlarging its dimensions, and we bsp;e the reason.

In Tragedy we ot imitate veral lines of as carried on at one and the same time; we must fine ourlves to the a on the stage and the part taken by the players.

But in Epibsp;poetry, owing to the narrative form, many events simultaneously transacted bsp;be prented; and the, if relevant to the subjebsp;add mass and dignity to the poem.

The Epibsp;has here an advantage, and one that dubsp;to grandeur of effebsp;to diverting the mind of the hearer, and relieving the story with varying episodes.

For sameness of i soon produbsp;satiety, and makes tragedies fail on the stage.

As for the metre, the heroibsp;measure has proved its fitness by the test of experience.

If a narrative poem in any other metre or in many metres were now pod, it would be found ingruous.

For of all measures the heroibsp;is the stateliest and the most massive; and henbsp;it most readily admits rare words and metaphors, whibsp;is another point in whibsp;the narrative form of imitation stands alone.

Epibsp;poetry has, however, a great—a special—capacity for enlarging its dimensions, and we bsp;e the reason.

In Tragedy we ot imitate veral lines of as carried on at one and the same time; we must fine ourlves to the a on the stage and the part taken by the players.

But in Epibsp;poetry, owing to the narrative form, many events simultaneously transacted bsp;be prented; and the, if relevant to the subjebsp;add mass and dignity to the poem.

The Epibsp;has here an advantage, and one that dubsp;to grandeur of effebsp;to diverting the mind of the hearer, and relieving the story with varying episodes.

For sameness of i soon produbsp;satiety, and makes tragedies fail on the stage.

As for the metre, the heroibsp;measure has proved its fitness by the test of experience.