Preface to PoetryHarcourt, Brace, 1946 - 737 pages |
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Page 73
... King Francis was a hearty king , and loved a royal sport , And one day , as his lions fought , sat looking on his court . The nobles filled the benches , with the ladies in their pride , And ' mongst them sat the Count de Lorge , with ...
... King Francis was a hearty king , and loved a royal sport , And one day , as his lions fought , sat looking on his court . The nobles filled the benches , with the ladies in their pride , And ' mongst them sat the Count de Lorge , with ...
Page 169
... King , Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing , Nor ever did a wise one . ( c . 1675 , 1707 ) ... King's word not being kept ; everyone could think of innumerable instances of his brilliance in repartee ; there were ...
... King , Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing , Nor ever did a wise one . ( c . 1675 , 1707 ) ... King's word not being kept ; everyone could think of innumerable instances of his brilliance in repartee ; there were ...
Page 359
... King Charles , and who'll do him right now ? King Charles , and who's ripe for fight now ? Give a rouse : here's , in hell's despite now , King Charles ! Who gave me the goods that went since ? Who raised me the house that sank once ...
... King Charles , and who'll do him right now ? King Charles , and who's ripe for fight now ? Give a rouse : here's , in hell's despite now , King Charles ! Who gave me the goods that went since ? Who raised me the house that sank once ...
Contents
ORIENTATION TO POETRY i Preconceptions and Pointers | 3 |
In Search of Poetry | 21 |
Language and Art | 42 |
Copyright | |
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A. E. Housman aloud Amy Lowell anapestic attitudes auditory ballad Beauty breath called chapter clouds critical dead death dream E. E. Cummings earth emotional response experience eye-movements eyes free imagery free verse Frost full meaning give hand hath heard heart heaven I. A. Richards iambic interpretation John Keats King language listening look Lord Lord Randal Louis Untermeyer lyric metrical pattern metrical variation mind's-ear mood never night over-all meaning persons phrase poem poem-experience poem-reading-experience poet poetic form poetic rhythm poetry printed verses prose reader reading recorded reread rime Robert Robert Frost rose Sea-Fever sense pattern silent sing song sonnet sort soul sound pattern speech stanza stanzaic form stir stressed SUGGESTIONS FOR STUDY sweet syllables T. S. Eliot thee things thou thought tion tone translation turn Vincent Millay visual voice wind words