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Hart Crane

The fact that The Bridge contains folk lore and other material suitable to the epic form need not therefore prove its failure as a long lyric poem, with interrelated sections.

Hart Crane

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Hart Crane is saying that including folk stories and epic-like content in The Bridge does not automatically mean the poem fails as a long lyric work made up of connected parts. He argues that these elements can coexist without undermining the poem’s success in its chosen form.

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