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without imitation simple narration
results.” “I understand,” he said.“Understand then,” said I,
“that the opposite of this arises when one removes the words of
the poet between and leaves the alternation of speeches.”
“This too I understand,” he said,
“—it is what happens in tragedy.”
“You have conceived me most rightly,” I said,
“and now I think I can make plain to you what I was unable to
before, that there is one kind of poetry and tale-telling which works wholly
through imitation,
Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vols. 5 & 6 translated by Paul Shorey. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1969.
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