Preface to PoetryHarcourt, Brace, 1946 - 737 pages |
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... never thought of thinking for myself at all . [ CH . - He never thought of thinking for himself at all . ] I thought so little , they rewarded me By making me the Ruler of the Queen's Navee ! [ CH . - He thought so little , they ...
... never thought of thinking for myself at all . [ CH . - He never thought of thinking for himself at all . ] I thought so little , they rewarded me By making me the Ruler of the Queen's Navee ! [ CH . - He thought so little , they ...
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... never live to trace Their shadows , with the magic hand of chance ; And when I feel , fair creature of an hour ! That I shall never look upon thee more , Never have relish in the faery power Of unreflecting love ! —then on the shore Of ...
... never live to trace Their shadows , with the magic hand of chance ; And when I feel , fair creature of an hour ! That I shall never look upon thee more , Never have relish in the faery power Of unreflecting love ! —then on the shore Of ...
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... never make a memory so fine as That which adorn'd the brain of Donna Inez . 12 Her favorite science was the mathematical , Her noblest virtue was the magnanimity ; Her wit ( she sometimes tried at wit ) was Attic all , Her serious ...
... never make a memory so fine as That which adorn'd the brain of Donna Inez . 12 Her favorite science was the mathematical , Her noblest virtue was the magnanimity ; Her wit ( she sometimes tried at wit ) was Attic all , Her serious ...
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