Preface to PoetryHarcourt, Brace, 1946 - 737 pages |
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... poetry itself . A second preconception is that poetry is primarily a body of other facts , definitions , formulae , rules , and arbitrary distinctions : " Ninety per cent of all English poetry is iambic . . . . A feminine ending is an ...
... poetry itself . A second preconception is that poetry is primarily a body of other facts , definitions , formulae , rules , and arbitrary distinctions : " Ninety per cent of all English poetry is iambic . . . . A feminine ending is an ...
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... poetry . Just as Literature is commonly divided into three great branches - Poetry , Prose Literature , and Dramatic Literature — so Poetry itself ( all poems ) may be divided into three groups , three broad types : narrative poetry , lyric ...
... poetry . Just as Literature is commonly divided into three great branches - Poetry , Prose Literature , and Dramatic Literature — so Poetry itself ( all poems ) may be divided into three groups , three broad types : narrative poetry , lyric ...
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... poetry , 5-7 . POEM , the word used in three senses , 22 ff .: ( 1 ) poem " , the poet's experi- ence , 23 , 25 ... poetry , 580 ff .; examples of bio- graphical approach , 179 ff . , 312 ff . , 581 ; life and poems of Keats , 583 f ...
... poetry , 5-7 . POEM , the word used in three senses , 22 ff .: ( 1 ) poem " , the poet's experi- ence , 23 , 25 ... poetry , 580 ff .; examples of bio- graphical approach , 179 ff . , 312 ff . , 581 ; life and poems of Keats , 583 f ...
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