The Beginnings of Poetry

æsthetic alliterative verse Aristotle artistic ballad beginnings of poetry Beowulf Botocudos Bücher cadence called chant choral song chorus communal dance communal poetry communal song course cries culture dance drama dualism earliest early elements emotion English epic essay ethnology evidence expression fact festal Firmenich flyting folksong Germanic Greek Grimm hand homogeneous horde human Ibid idea imitation improvised individual instinct Kalewala kind labour lament literature Lityerses lyric mainly medieval metaphor metre Meyer modern Müllenhoff munal myth nature origins phrase play poem Poesie poet poetic popular primitive primitive song prose quatrains quoted recitative refrain repetition rhythm rhythmic rime rites Sainte-Beuve savage savage poetry says Schlegel sense sentiment singer singing social consent solitary song and dance sort speech spontaneous stage stanza sung survival theory thing thinks thought throng tion traditional tribes utterance verse vocero Wallaschek women words