Preface to PoetryHarcourt, Brace, 1946 - 737 pages |
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Page 153
... leave Thy song , nor ever can those trees be bare ; Bold Lover , never , never canst thou kiss , Though winning near ... leaves , nor ever bid the Spring adieu ; And , happy melodist , unwearièd , For ever piping songs for ever new ...
... leave Thy song , nor ever can those trees be bare ; Bold Lover , never , never canst thou kiss , Though winning near ... leaves , nor ever bid the Spring adieu ; And , happy melodist , unwearièd , For ever piping songs for ever new ...
Page 226
... leave the greatest resi- due are those that have been rich and full . The weak poems that result from a casual reading , from an indifferent perusal of the verses , will leave only unnoticeable traces . On the other hand , that poem ...
... leave the greatest resi- due are those that have been rich and full . The weak poems that result from a casual reading , from an indifferent perusal of the verses , will leave only unnoticeable traces . On the other hand , that poem ...
Page 483
... leave home all day , For fear of chancing on the Paris lords . The best is when they pass and look aside ; But they speak sometimes ; I must bear it all . Well may they speak ! That Francis , that first time , And that long festal year ...
... leave home all day , For fear of chancing on the Paris lords . The best is when they pass and look aside ; But they speak sometimes ; I must bear it all . Well may they speak ! That Francis , that first time , And that long festal year ...
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