Preface to PoetryHarcourt, Brace, 1946 - 737 pages |
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... called the blind spot , so that light rays fall without effect upon that part of the retina . But at the cen- ter , opposite the lens , there is a hypersensitive spot ( the fovea ) , a small depression crowded with nerve - ends . That ...
... called the blind spot , so that light rays fall without effect upon that part of the retina . But at the cen- ter , opposite the lens , there is a hypersensitive spot ( the fovea ) , a small depression crowded with nerve - ends . That ...
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... ( called a feminine ending ) . Note that the sense calls for a brief pause at the end of each one of these lines . ( They are called end- stopped lines . ) But let us go on and look at the remaining four lines : KEEP THEREFORE A TRUE WOM ...
... ( called a feminine ending ) . Note that the sense calls for a brief pause at the end of each one of these lines . ( They are called end- stopped lines . ) But let us go on and look at the remaining four lines : KEEP THEREFORE A TRUE WOM ...
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... called for . We often assert that it is not enough to do the right thing ; it is desirable to have the right attitude . For having a certain attitude , or psychological pos- ture , is the same as being pointed in a certain direction ...
... called for . We often assert that it is not enough to do the right thing ; it is desirable to have the right attitude . For having a certain attitude , or psychological pos- ture , is the same as being pointed in a certain direction ...
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