Gummere thinks that the early poetry of man was communal and that modern personal lyric poetry is a development from communal poetry.
"The Literature of Ecstasy"
Albert Mordell
And then there is much of the personal element in this so-called communal poetry.
"The Literature of Ecstasy"
Albert Mordell
The man who sang for his tribe in ancient times felt with his tribe, and hence was both communal and personal.
"The Literature of Ecstasy"
Albert Mordell