When writing the plot and choosing the right words, the poet should imagine the scene as clearly as possible. By seeing everything vividly, as if watching it happen, they will find what fits and are less likely to miss inconsistencies.
If you string together a set of speeches expressive of character, and well finished in point and diction and thought, you will not produce the essential tragic effect nearly so well as with a play which, however deficient in these... ...
