Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 18 AIL 1718 short lesson, about 20 seconds
"Pre-Established Codes of Decision"
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The idea
It asks readers to set aside the disputed word Poetry and instead ask whether the book contains a natural delineation of human passions, characters and incidents, rather than judging by their own pre-established codes of decision. The request is to suspend a standard.
In practice
Suspend the inherited standard.
Where people slip
A request, not an argument.
Your place on the trail
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