Preface to PoetryHarcourt, Brace, 1946 - 737 pages |
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... printed verses , " and " the poem - reading - experience . " 1 A few additional comments should be made about this poem " Sea - Fever " before proceeding further . ( In what sense or combina- tion of senses am I using the word at this ...
... printed verses , " and " the poem - reading - experience . " 1 A few additional comments should be made about this poem " Sea - Fever " before proceeding further . ( In what sense or combina- tion of senses am I using the word at this ...
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Charles William Cooper, John Holmes. Trite When we turn to the printed verses under the title “ Sea - Fever , ” again we are presented with a problem . Do we mean the printed verses in your copy of this book ? Or the somewhat different ...
Charles William Cooper, John Holmes. Trite When we turn to the printed verses under the title “ Sea - Fever , ” again we are presented with a problem . Do we mean the printed verses in your copy of this book ? Or the somewhat different ...
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... printed page , of the white space surrounding the words - stimulates the optic nerve - ends ( the rods and cones ) , and they transmit impulses , by way of the optic nerve , to the visual center of the brain , where the actual seeing of ...
... printed page , of the white space surrounding the words - stimulates the optic nerve - ends ( the rods and cones ) , and they transmit impulses , by way of the optic nerve , to the visual center of the brain , where the actual seeing of ...
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