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What does the phrase ut pictura poesis from Horace’s Art of Poetry mean ?

as in painting, so in poetry expresses the traditional comparison in ut pictura poesis. The alternatives reverse its verbal direction or introduce disparagement or…

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What does the phrase ut pictura poesis from Horace’s Art of Poetry mean ?

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as in painting, so in poetry expresses the traditional comparison in ut pictura poesis. The alternatives reverse its verbal direction or introduce disparagement or superiority not stated in the phrase.

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