Nor is it valid
to discriminate against "business documents and

school-books"; all these phenomena are important. one must make
a distinction
however: when dragged into prominence by half poets, the
result is not poetry,
nor till the poets among us can be
"literalists of
the imagination"—above
insolence and triviality and can present

for inspection, "imaginary gardens with real toads in them,"
shall we have
it.

what theme does this excerpt express?
poetry is genuine when it reflects truth and reality.
poetry is genuine when it focuses on people and animals.
poets should be more critical of each other.
poets should offer more praise to each other.