Preface to PoetryHarcourt, Brace, 1946 - 737 pages |
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Page 145
... comes , a pilgrim gray , To bless the turf that wraps their clay ; And Freedom shall awhile repair , To dwell a ... come alive as I read . For the poem- experience as a whole is abstract , and vivid imagery does not seem to be an ...
... comes , a pilgrim gray , To bless the turf that wraps their clay ; And Freedom shall awhile repair , To dwell a ... come alive as I read . For the poem- experience as a whole is abstract , and vivid imagery does not seem to be an ...
Page 177
... Comes silent , flooding in , the main . And not by eastern windows only , When daylight comes , comes in the light , In front , the sun climbs slow , how slowly , But westward , look , the land is bright . ( 1849 , 1862 ) To illustrate ...
... Comes silent , flooding in , the main . And not by eastern windows only , When daylight comes , comes in the light , In front , the sun climbs slow , how slowly , But westward , look , the land is bright . ( 1849 , 1862 ) To illustrate ...
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... comes easier , because the rime - scheme has been de- termined , and one unexpected obstacle has been overcome . But once more there is a delay , as the poet makes a decision as to the β he β or " sheβ β and the more important and more ...
... comes easier , because the rime - scheme has been de- termined , and one unexpected obstacle has been overcome . But once more there is a delay , as the poet makes a decision as to the β he β or " sheβ β and the more important and more ...
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