Preface to PoetryHarcourt, Brace, 1946 - 737 pages |
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Page 164
... seems to scream above the city's din . Storm clouds of fear descend upon the poet in the same way that Orson Welles ' broad- cast of attacking men from Mars spread panic through the hearts of many . The Mantis seems now to pray to the ...
... seems to scream above the city's din . Storm clouds of fear descend upon the poet in the same way that Orson Welles ' broad- cast of attacking men from Mars spread panic through the hearts of many . The Mantis seems now to pray to the ...
Page 173
... seems to make sense , was earlier re- ferred to as ambiguity . At times it gets in our way . At other times , as perhaps in the interpretation of " The Racer , " the rejected streams of thought never completely dry up and disappear ...
... seems to make sense , was earlier re- ferred to as ambiguity . At times it gets in our way . At other times , as perhaps in the interpretation of " The Racer , " the rejected streams of thought never completely dry up and disappear ...
Page 233
... seems to be thinking : It comes to me ( he says ) that , with my days on earth less than half done , the use of my eyes is gone ! Because of this , I am not able to make use of that special power in writing which , like the money given ...
... seems to be thinking : It comes to me ( he says ) that , with my days on earth less than half done , the use of my eyes is gone ! Because of this , I am not able to make use of that special power in writing which , like the money given ...
Contents
ANATOMY OF THE POEMEXPERIENCE | 65 |
65 | 91 |
Visual and Other FreeImagery | 137 |
Copyright | |
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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