Preface to PoetryHarcourt, Brace, 1946 - 737 pages |
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Page 244
... Nature still , but Nature methodiz'd ; Nature , like liberty , is but restrain'd By the same laws which first herself ordain'd . Hear how learn'd Greece her useful rules indites , When to repress , and when indulge our flights : High on ...
... Nature still , but Nature methodiz'd ; Nature , like liberty , is but restrain'd By the same laws which first herself ordain'd . Hear how learn'd Greece her useful rules indites , When to repress , and when indulge our flights : High on ...
Page 245
... nature is to copy them . . . . A perfect Judge will read each work of Wit With the same spirit that its author writ : Survey the Whole , nor seek slight faults to find Where nature moves , and rapture warms the mind ; Nor lose , for ...
... nature is to copy them . . . . A perfect Judge will read each work of Wit With the same spirit that its author writ : Survey the Whole , nor seek slight faults to find Where nature moves , and rapture warms the mind ; Nor lose , for ...
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... nature altogether since time began , Including human nature , in peace and war , And it must be a little more in favor of man , Say a fraction of one per cent at the very least , Or our number living wouldn't be steadily more , Our hold ...
... nature altogether since time began , Including human nature , in peace and war , And it must be a little more in favor of man , Say a fraction of one per cent at the very least , Or our number living wouldn't be steadily more , Our hold ...
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