a: Poetry ~
b: hearing private thoughts
What:
He grants that poetry is "impassioned truth" but says that can't be all it is, because that is a description of eloquence, which is also present in philosophy, among other things. The difference, he suggests is that "eloquence is heard, poetry is overheard." Eloquence is specifically meant to move an audience while poetry is like hearing private thoughts, and here he uses a gorgeous line: "Poetry is feeling confessing itself to itself."
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Writer: John Stuart Mill
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Date: Jun 2 2015 4:27 PM
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