Preface to PoetryHarcourt, Brace, 1946 - 737 pages |
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Page 97
... falling of the voice , as heard or imagined , in an undulating though interrupted flow of tone , pro- vides the reader ... fall of the voice , let alone the other variables of speech melody . But crude as it is , look again at the second ...
... falling of the voice , as heard or imagined , in an undulating though interrupted flow of tone , pro- vides the reader ... fall of the voice , let alone the other variables of speech melody . But crude as it is , look again at the second ...
Page 406
... fall within Dramatic Litera- ture , and separate passages from poetic dramas would be classified as narrative , lyric , or reflective poetry as the case might be . ) And another critic will say that " reflective " is the wrong word to ...
... fall within Dramatic Litera- ture , and separate passages from poetic dramas would be classified as narrative , lyric , or reflective poetry as the case might be . ) And another critic will say that " reflective " is the wrong word to ...
Page 606
... falling snow . In writing " downy flake " for " fall of flake " the gain is great not only for accuracy of feeling and fact , but also for the music of the lines . The simple alliteration in " fall of flake " is canceled in favor of the ...
... falling snow . In writing " downy flake " for " fall of flake " the gain is great not only for accuracy of feeling and fact , but also for the music of the lines . The simple alliteration in " fall of flake " is canceled in favor of the ...
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