Preface to PoetryHarcourt, Brace, 1946 - 737 pages |
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Page 194
... poet , then communication of emotion may be said to have taken place . But if the reader's feelings are of quite a different sort from the poet's , then certainly the poem has stimulated emotion , but it has not ( in our sense ) ...
... poet , then communication of emotion may be said to have taken place . But if the reader's feelings are of quite a different sort from the poet's , then certainly the poem has stimulated emotion , but it has not ( in our sense ) ...
Page 210
... poet's " telling this with a sigh , ” interpreting the poet's feeling as being some sort of regret re- garding “ the road not taken . ” Of this " much - quoted and much - misunderstood poem , " Louis Untermeyer writes the following ...
... poet's " telling this with a sigh , ” interpreting the poet's feeling as being some sort of regret re- garding “ the road not taken . ” Of this " much - quoted and much - misunderstood poem , " Louis Untermeyer writes the following ...
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... poet himself , that may make for a fuller un- derstanding of the poem in relation to the poet . We noted , for instance , that Robert Frost's " The Road Not Taken " ( p . 209 ) is usually interpreted as a poem suggesting some experience ...
... poet himself , that may make for a fuller un- derstanding of the poem in relation to the poet . We noted , for instance , that Robert Frost's " The Road Not Taken " ( p . 209 ) is usually interpreted as a poem suggesting some experience ...
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