Preface to PoetryHarcourt, Brace, 1946 - 737 pages |
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Page 399
... once more under the stars And down by the shore an orchestra's playing , And even the palms seem to be swaying When they begin the Beguine . To live it again is past all endeavour , Except when that tune clutches my heart , And there we ...
... once more under the stars And down by the shore an orchestra's playing , And even the palms seem to be swaying When they begin the Beguine . To live it again is past all endeavour , Except when that tune clutches my heart , And there we ...
Page 658
... once more assay Thy flight , and feel come over thee , Poor fugitive , the feathery change Once more , and once more seem to make resound With love and hate , triumph and agony , Lone Daulis , and the high Cephissian vale ? Listen ...
... once more assay Thy flight , and feel come over thee , Poor fugitive , the feathery change Once more , and once more seem to make resound With love and hate , triumph and agony , Lone Daulis , and the high Cephissian vale ? Listen ...
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... once again , 190 We'd gained our first objective hours before , 652 Wee , sleekit , cow'rin ' , tim'rous beastie ... once more , O ye laurels , and once more , 549 Title Index [ For Author Index see the Table of 732 FIRST - LINE INDEX.
... once again , 190 We'd gained our first objective hours before , 652 Wee , sleekit , cow'rin ' , tim'rous beastie ... once more , O ye laurels , and once more , 549 Title Index [ For Author Index see the Table of 732 FIRST - LINE INDEX.
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