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And what is the very essence of poetry if it is not this 'metaphorical language'-this marking of the before unapprehended relations of things?

Owen Barfield (1973). “Poetic Diction: A Study in Meaning”, p.67, Wesleyan University Press
And what is the very essence of poetry if it is not this 'metaphorical language'-this marking of the before unapprehended relations of things?