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Adding onto it he talks about how a poet should be. He says a poet
must revise a poem several times until it attains artistic excellence and
is polised,he should let it stand over a decade. A poet must also be a
keen observer of men and manners and he should constantly study the
book of life and draw thence “language true to life”. A poet should
instruct or please, or he may combine both these functions but for the
sake of pleasing he must not use romantic extravagance and
absurdities. He further says minor mistakes in poetry maybe forgiven
because “quandoque bonus dormitat Homerus” which means
sometimes even the good Homer nods off i.e. even the most skilled
poet can make continuity errors. Whether a poet achieves greatness
through nature or through art both are essential for good poetry.