tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549322303605271404.post5958709537745264847..comments2011-02-24T20:03:51.213-08:00Comments on Stanza: A Small Room for Poetry: James Russell Lowell's "The Function of the Poet"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549322303605271404.post-12085788418482454322011-02-23T11:23:16.090-08:002011-02-23T11:23:16.090-08:00I'll be sure to do that. Thanks Mr. Gwynn.I'll be sure to do that. Thanks Mr. Gwynn.Jason D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10341140137738948077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549322303605271404.post-26264822091948600492011-02-23T11:19:47.843-08:002011-02-23T11:19:47.843-08:00Put Emerson's "The Poet" up next. S...Put Emerson's "The Poet" up next. Says many of the same things as Lowell, but Emerson, as usual, is issuing a challenge to American poets to use their "own incomparable materials." Very influential on Whitman, who took Emerson's prescriptions to heart.R S Gwynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04892623903716767609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549322303605271404.post-82279486078524263732011-02-23T10:53:08.027-08:002011-02-23T10:53:08.027-08:00I think Lowell's essay can be applied to artis...I think Lowell's essay can be applied to artists in general really. He writes about poetry because it's his medium, and he uses poets as an example of the sort of "seers" that artists must be to benefit society as a whole.Jason D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10341140137738948077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549322303605271404.post-34295546430927251072011-02-23T10:41:53.336-08:002011-02-23T10:41:53.336-08:00I will have to give this selection a read. Can it...I will have to give this selection a read. Can it be applied to other art forms as well as poetry? I really do feel guilty "wasting" my time painting or even writing sometimes, but there is a certain satisfaction to be had from the finished product.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16888939356026344659noreply@blogger.com