Preface to PoetryHarcourt, Brace, 1946 - 737 pages |
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... poetry itself . A second preconception is that poetry is primarily a body of other facts , definitions , formulae , rules , and arbitrary distinctions : " Ninety per cent of all English poetry is iambic . . . . A feminine ending is an ...
... poetry itself . A second preconception is that poetry is primarily a body of other facts , definitions , formulae , rules , and arbitrary distinctions : " Ninety per cent of all English poetry is iambic . . . . A feminine ending is an ...
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... poetry . Just as Literature is commonly divided into three great branches - Poetry , Prose Literature , and Dramatic Literature — so Poetry itself ( all poems ) may be divided into three groups , three broad types : narrative poetry , lyric ...
... poetry . Just as Literature is commonly divided into three great branches - Poetry , Prose Literature , and Dramatic Literature — so Poetry itself ( all poems ) may be divided into three groups , three broad types : narrative poetry , lyric ...
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... poetry . Some readings of these interpretative artists , many of them radio or stage actors , are by no means of much service to the study of poetry . In some cases the " poetic " tone of voice , the sentimental mood , and the ...
... poetry . Some readings of these interpretative artists , many of them radio or stage actors , are by no means of much service to the study of poetry . In some cases the " poetic " tone of voice , the sentimental mood , and the ...
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