Preface to PoetryHarcourt, Brace, 1946 - 737 pages |
Contents
ORIENTATION TO POETRY 1 Preconceptions and Pointers | 3 |
In Search of Poetry | 21 |
Language and Art | 42 |
Copyright | |
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A. E. Housman aloud attitudes auld lang syne ballad beauty begin the Beguine breath called chapter choral reading Chorus critical dark dead death doth dream earth emotional response English experience eyes free verse Frost full meaning give hand hath heart heaven horse I. A. Richards imagery interpretation John Keats King koash language light listening literary look Lord Louis Untermeyer lyric metrical pattern metrical variation mind's-ear mood never night o'er over-all meaning persons phrase poem poem-experience poem-reading-experience poet poetic form poetic rhythm poetry printed verses reader record reread rime Robert Robert Frost rose sense singing song song-lyrics sonnet sort soul sound speech stanza Stephen Vincent Benét stir stressed SUGGESTIONS FOR STUDY sweet syllables T. S. Eliot thee things thou thought tion turn voice wind words