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Lascelles Abercrombie

The reason can only be this: heroic poetry depends on an heroic age, and an age is heroic because of what it is, not because of what it does.

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Heroic poetry arises from a time period that is inherently heroic by its nature and character, rather than by the actions it takes. This means the qualities of the era itself create the foundation for such poetry, not the deeds or events that happen during that time.

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