Preface to PoetryHarcourt, Brace, 1946 - 737 pages |
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Page 70
... attention . My eyes " fix " on " The Lord is , " jump and fix on " my shepherd ; ' I. " Then they jump back as my attention is attracted by the odd type ( the italics ) of “ is ” ; and they jump to the superior a and then to the ...
... attention . My eyes " fix " on " The Lord is , " jump and fix on " my shepherd ; ' I. " Then they jump back as my attention is attracted by the odd type ( the italics ) of “ is ” ; and they jump to the superior a and then to the ...
Page 82
... attention to the possible meaning of the poems reprinted in this chapter . ( a ) Several of them suggest ( at least to me ) the poets ' attitudes toward approaching death : Stevenson's " Requiem , " Herrick's “ Upon His Departure Hence ...
... attention to the possible meaning of the poems reprinted in this chapter . ( a ) Several of them suggest ( at least to me ) the poets ' attitudes toward approaching death : Stevenson's " Requiem , " Herrick's “ Upon His Departure Hence ...
Page 444
... attention to the story elements - setting , characters , situation , incidents , meaning . ( b ) Read and read " The Twa Brothers , ” “ The Death of Oenone , " and " An Afternoon in Artillery Walk , " and prepare to dis cuss the methods ...
... attention to the story elements - setting , characters , situation , incidents , meaning . ( b ) Read and read " The Twa Brothers , ” “ The Death of Oenone , " and " An Afternoon in Artillery Walk , " and prepare to dis cuss the methods ...
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