Preface to PoetryHarcourt, Brace, 1946 - 737 pages |
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... death shall be no more . Death , thou shalt die ! ( 1609 , 1633 ) 3. Rereading a Favorite Poem . It has been suggested in the text that the reader go back to his old favorites , not merely to be lulled by the memory of previous pleasant ...
... death shall be no more . Death , thou shalt die ! ( 1609 , 1633 ) 3. Rereading a Favorite Poem . It has been suggested in the text that the reader go back to his old favorites , not merely to be lulled by the memory of previous pleasant ...
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... DEATH Ben Jonson The ports of death are sins ; of life , good deeds ; Through which our merit leads us to our meeds . How wilful blind is he , then , that would stray , And hath it in his powers to make his way ! This world death's ...
... DEATH Ben Jonson The ports of death are sins ; of life , good deeds ; Through which our merit leads us to our meeds . How wilful blind is he , then , that would stray , And hath it in his powers to make his way ! This world death's ...
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... Death , Be Not Proud- " ( p . 12 ) , is one of noble defiance . Robert Frost's is a tragic mood ( the very title suggests it ) as he narrates the boy's death in " Out , Out- " ( p . 30 ) . A. E. Housman's mood is that of a special irony ...
... Death , Be Not Proud- " ( p . 12 ) , is one of noble defiance . Robert Frost's is a tragic mood ( the very title suggests it ) as he narrates the boy's death in " Out , Out- " ( p . 30 ) . A. E. Housman's mood is that of a special irony ...
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