Preface to PoetryHarcourt, Brace, 1946 - 737 pages |
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... eye - movements varied as I take in the longer lines with an extra stride . • ... ... But follow my eyes as I read these verses in the traditional ar- rangement , and as I pursue them with a plodding attention . My eyes " fix " on " The ...
... eye - movements varied as I take in the longer lines with an extra stride . • ... ... But follow my eyes as I read these verses in the traditional ar- rangement , and as I pursue them with a plodding attention . My eyes " fix " on " The ...
Page 185
... eyes That watch me from the glen below . Ah , bear me with thee , smoothly borne , Dip forward under starry light ... eyes mean : ( a ) that the moonlight is mirrored in the tearful or sparkling eyes of the beloved , ( b ) that the ...
... eyes That watch me from the glen below . Ah , bear me with thee , smoothly borne , Dip forward under starry light ... eyes mean : ( a ) that the moonlight is mirrored in the tearful or sparkling eyes of the beloved , ( b ) that the ...
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... eyes . " After Hamlet arranges with the First Play to perform a particular play before the Court the next day , and insert a speech of Hamlet's contriving , the players are ushered out the Lord Chamberlain , and Hamlet is left alone ...
... eyes . " After Hamlet arranges with the First Play to perform a particular play before the Court the next day , and insert a speech of Hamlet's contriving , the players are ushered out the Lord Chamberlain , and Hamlet is left alone ...
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