Note 336 — Chapter IV · THE DIFFERENCING ELEMENTS OF THE POETRY OF ART
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Der Scheidende. Sentiment naturally turns to the cadence of rhythm, while humour feels at home in prose; hence it is easy to see that humour in verse, as with Heine, is ancillary to sentiment, while sentiment in prose, as with Sterne and even Lamb, is ancillary to humour.