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Lascelles Abercrombie

But the gravest difficulty, and perhaps the most important, in poetry meant solely for recitation, is the difficulty of achieving verbal beauty, or rather of making verbal beauty tell.

Beauty

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The biggest challenge in poetry designed only for speaking aloud is creating language that is not just beautiful but also effective in performance. This means the words must sound pleasing and also clearly convey meaning when heard, not just read silently.

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