Preface to PoetryHarcourt, Brace, 1946 - 737 pages |
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... give the poetic rhythm of a particular poem its unique character ; and that the only way the reader may become conscious of them is by discovering how the poem “ goes ” —what its metrical pattern is — and then observing the independent ...
... give the poetic rhythm of a particular poem its unique character ; and that the only way the reader may become conscious of them is by discovering how the poem “ goes ” —what its metrical pattern is — and then observing the independent ...
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... GIVE A ROUSE King Charles , and who'll do him right now ? King Charles , and who's ripe for fight now ? Give a rouse : here's , in hell's despite now , King Charles ! Who gave me the goods that went since ? Who raised me the house that ...
... GIVE A ROUSE King Charles , and who'll do him right now ? King Charles , and who's ripe for fight now ? Give a rouse : here's , in hell's despite now , King Charles ! Who gave me the goods that went since ? Who raised me the house that ...
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... give for my revenge so dear a rate ; For what do we by all our bustle gain But counterfeit delight for real pain ? 7. HIS HAPPY DEATH If Heaven a date of many years would give , Thus I'd in pleasure , ease , and plenty live ; And as I ...
... give for my revenge so dear a rate ; For what do we by all our bustle gain But counterfeit delight for real pain ? 7. HIS HAPPY DEATH If Heaven a date of many years would give , Thus I'd in pleasure , ease , and plenty live ; And as I ...
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