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own mind, by the completion of the imaginative
process into a stable, isolated and self-contained
whole (which may be referred to as the Image).

"Conception" here has nothing to do with concepts, but
is, on the contrary, a peculiarly secure and vivid intuition.
The Image, of course, must not be limited to visual imagery,
but is any establisht act of imagination in which the elements
of an experience are completely integrated and thereby
conjointly isolated into a unity of their own.

(ii) Technique or External Expression : the
publication of the Image in language.

Language is the medium of poetry in the sense that it is
the means of publishing the Image. Any other means of
external expression--e.g. histrionic--falls outside the Art
of Poetry.

The Art of Poetry does not occur until both these
portions of it have been completed.
The Image is not itself communicable, since
it does not and cannot exist in words, but is a
formalized experience. External expression in
language cannot therefore be other than symbolic :
this applies to every aspect of poetic expression in
language. Technique has to provide an imitation

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Publication Information: Book Title: Principles of English Prosody. Contributors: Lascelles Abercrombie - author. Publisher: Martin Secker. Place of Publication: London. Publication Year: 1923. Page Number: 14.
    
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