Preface to PoetryHarcourt, Brace, 1946 - 737 pages |
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... past affections , or desire for love that is true and lasting , or smug superiority toward Victorian sentimentality ... past ? And who has not looked back over his shoulder for a wistful glance at past pleasures , friendships , love ? to ...
... past affections , or desire for love that is true and lasting , or smug superiority toward Victorian sentimentality ... past ? And who has not looked back over his shoulder for a wistful glance at past pleasures , friendships , love ? to ...
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... Past gone , seize today ! " Fool ! All that is , at all , Lasts ever , past recall ; 27 Earth changes , but thy soul and God stand sure : What entered into thee , That was , is , and shall be : Time's wheel runs back or stops : Potter ...
... Past gone , seize today ! " Fool ! All that is , at all , Lasts ever , past recall ; 27 Earth changes , but thy soul and God stand sure : What entered into thee , That was , is , and shall be : Time's wheel runs back or stops : Potter ...
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... past the white - ants ' hill of clay , Blown past the marsh where the butterflies play : — " Be careful what you do , Or Mumbo - Jumbo , God of the Congo , And all of the other Gods of the Congo , Mumbo - Jumbo will hoo - doo you , Like ...
... past the white - ants ' hill of clay , Blown past the marsh where the butterflies play : — " Be careful what you do , Or Mumbo - Jumbo , God of the Congo , And all of the other Gods of the Congo , Mumbo - Jumbo will hoo - doo you , Like ...
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