Preface to PoetryHarcourt, Brace, 1946 - 737 pages |
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Page 115
... poetic rhythm of this ( for me ) comely and graceful Elizabethan lyric . It is still a two- or three - valued analysis , taking no account of the many differ- ent degrees of stress , of the larger movements in pitch of the mel- ody , of ...
... poetic rhythm of this ( for me ) comely and graceful Elizabethan lyric . It is still a two- or three - valued analysis , taking no account of the many differ- ent degrees of stress , of the larger movements in pitch of the mel- ody , of ...
Page 446
... POETIC FORM AND FORMS In the enumeration of the so - called sub - types , it was pointed out that certain ones , such as the sonnet and the ode , were distin- guished at least in part by their form . And it is the purpose of the present ...
... POETIC FORM AND FORMS In the enumeration of the so - called sub - types , it was pointed out that certain ones , such as the sonnet and the ode , were distin- guished at least in part by their form . And it is the purpose of the present ...
Page 510
... poetic moods , is sufficiently related to the preceding chapter on the recurring poetic themes to warrant some comparisons and contrasts in an opening paragraph . They both represent approaches to poetry that are less well - defined ...
... poetic moods , is sufficiently related to the preceding chapter on the recurring poetic themes to warrant some comparisons and contrasts in an opening paragraph . They both represent approaches to poetry that are less well - defined ...
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