Preface to PoetryHarcourt, Brace, 1946 - 737 pages |
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... close by . Sometimes , in watching contests at which many thousands of spectators have been present , I have felt that the competing emotions of the partisans almost took spiritual shape and fought above the competitors . " ( c ) ...
... close by . Sometimes , in watching contests at which many thousands of spectators have been present , I have felt that the competing emotions of the partisans almost took spiritual shape and fought above the competitors . " ( c ) ...
Page 397
... close to your desks and never go to sea , And you all may be Rulers of the Queen's Navee ! [ CH . - Stick close to your desks and never go to sea , And you all may be Rulers of the Queen's Navee ! ] ( 1878 ) THE DAISIES Lyric by James ...
... close to your desks and never go to sea , And you all may be Rulers of the Queen's Navee ! [ CH . - Stick close to your desks and never go to sea , And you all may be Rulers of the Queen's Navee ! ] ( 1878 ) THE DAISIES Lyric by James ...
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... close study of Milton's sonnet " On His Being Arrived at the Age of Twenty - three " and of Keats ' sonnet " When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be " ( p . 455 ) -noting widely different attitudes of the two young poets as they take ...
... close study of Milton's sonnet " On His Being Arrived at the Age of Twenty - three " and of Keats ' sonnet " When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be " ( p . 455 ) -noting widely different attitudes of the two young poets as they take ...
Contents
ORIENTATION TO POETRY i Preconceptions and Pointers | 3 |
In Search of Poetry | 21 |
Language and Art | 42 |
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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