Yes, Andrew, I agree, Corbin is a significant figure and the source of much in Hillman.
And I also agree that "A living poem is philosophical."
Here, Emily sounds like Hillman, who echoes Keats and Blake:
Now I lay thee down to Sleep --
I pray the Lord thy Dust to keep --
And if thou live before thou wake --
I pray the Lord thy Soul to make --
(1539).
Being alive while not quite "awake" is to live with an un-made soul.
And here she sounds like Corbin:
Perception of an object costs
Precise the Object's loss --
Perception in itself a Gain
Replying to its Price --
The Object Absolute -- is nought --
Perception sets it fair
And then upbraids a Perfectness
That situates so far --
(1071).
In great poetry, every different angle of vision implies a new metaphysic.
Poetry is indeed philosophy.
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