Preface to PoetryHarcourt, Brace, 1946 - 737 pages |
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... clear vision , while surrounding things are seen less clearly . It is necessary , then , to bring groups of printed words into focus near this most sensitive part of the retina in order to see them clearly enough for reading . To do ...
... clear vision , while surrounding things are seen less clearly . It is necessary , then , to bring groups of printed words into focus near this most sensitive part of the retina in order to see them clearly enough for reading . To do ...
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... clear to you , ( b ) clear as to its general idea , ( c ) obscure at certain points , ( d ) not clear at all ? 2. What direction does the earth actually rotate : ( a ) from west to east , ( b ) from east to west , or ( c ) does it ...
... clear to you , ( b ) clear as to its general idea , ( c ) obscure at certain points , ( d ) not clear at all ? 2. What direction does the earth actually rotate : ( a ) from west to east , ( b ) from east to west , or ( c ) does it ...
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... clearly for human freedom , who acted wisely and cheerfully , who turned his hand to common work duti- fully and ... clear from this description of my own emotional response that my feelings are by no means identical with those that ...
... clearly for human freedom , who acted wisely and cheerfully , who turned his hand to common work duti- fully and ... clear from this description of my own emotional response that my feelings are by no means identical with those that ...
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