Poetry For Poetry's Sake, A.C.Bradley's Oxford Lectures Poem by Bijay Kant Dubey

Poetry for poetry's sake,
As is art for art's sake,
Poetry as poems
Experiences converted,
Passed on,
Sounds, images, thoughts, emotions
Felt through the lines.

The art of reading he says about,
Style and verification,
The diverse moods and mental set-ups
Of the poets,
Poetry connected with life
And aesthetic value too,
Poetry poetry.

What to say about poetry,
Poetry diverse and varied,
There is no end of it,
No limitation of it
Without any boundaries,
What you take for,
What I take for.

What is poetry,
How to take to it,
Define it,
Poetry is words,
Words with meaning,
Intelligible or unintelligible,
Read you, but destroy you not
The sensation of reading.

All form is expression,
Poetic resonance, rhythmic quality,
All arts conforming to
Something in common,
But poetry embodies
The kernels of philosophy and religion,
Not only imagination,
But thought-content too.