This poet is meant to embody the limited art, which is an end in itself, and one with the artist's life.
"A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)"
Mrs. Sutherland Orr
Poetry appeals to the imaginative reason, and must embody thought and emotion.
"The Literature of Ecstasy"
Albert Mordell
All his books are deliberate attempts to embody his ideal in model representatives of the society of his day.
"English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century"
Leslie Stephen