Preface to PoetryHarcourt, Brace, 1946 - 737 pages |
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... 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 distinguish verse as a ...
... 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 distinguish verse as a ...
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... VERSE Earlier in this chapter , prose was distinguished from verse both as regards its appearance on the page and its rhythmic effect upon the reader . And it was said about language , " All is prose that is not verse , and all is verse ...
... VERSE Earlier in this chapter , prose was distinguished from verse both as regards its appearance on the page and its rhythmic effect upon the reader . And it was said about language , " All is prose that is not verse , and all is verse ...
Page 127
... verse the reader will dis- cover no gross or subtle deviations . This is not to say that free verse does not have any " music . " But , rather , that the " music " of free verse is of a different sort . The melodic undulations of its ...
... verse the reader will dis- cover no gross or subtle deviations . This is not to say that free verse does not have any " music . " But , rather , that the " music " of free verse is of a different sort . The melodic undulations of its ...
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