Preface to PoetryHarcourt, Brace, 1946 - 737 pages |
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... language - hypothesis , classification , exposition . And we must not forget that the chief cumulative record of the great Human Com- edy is to be found in Literature . In the past , people were all so busy making use of language in ...
... language - hypothesis , classification , exposition . And we must not forget that the chief cumulative record of the great Human Com- edy is to be found in Literature . In the past , people were all so busy making use of language in ...
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... language is serving these two functions . But not so when language is serving its art function . The amaz- ing capacity of words to suggest two or more equally suitable senses in a given verse , to operate with two or more senses at the ...
... language is serving these two functions . But not so when language is serving its art function . The amaz- ing capacity of words to suggest two or more equally suitable senses in a given verse , to operate with two or more senses at the ...
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... language . It is verse , the sort of language used in Poetry , which is the third great branch of Literature . But verse is also found in many works of Dramatic Literature , in many of the greatest . There are two features that ...
... language . It is verse , the sort of language used in Poetry , which is the third great branch of Literature . But verse is also found in many works of Dramatic Literature , in many of the greatest . There are two features that ...
Contents
ANATOMY OF THE POEMEXPERIENCE | 65 |
65 | 91 |
Visual and Other FreeImagery | 137 |
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alliteration attention Beauty begin called chapter clear close comes communication comparable consider critical dead death earth emotion English experience eyes face fall feeling give given hand head hear heard heart imagery interpretation John Keats keep King language leave light listening live look Lord lyric meaning metrical pattern mind nature never night once particular past pattern persons phrase poem poet poet's poetic poetry present printed question reader reading recorded reference relation response rhythm rime Robert rose seems sense serve sing song sonnet sort soul sound stand stanza stressed suggested syllables tell thee things thou thought tion true turn verse voice wind words writing written young