Preface to PoetryHarcourt, Brace, 1946 - 737 pages |
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... question for which he will try to find a scientific answer . He then proceeds to ask a series of more specific questions , some of which are here omitted . Asking these questions was a part of Professor Buswell's problem - solving ...
... question for which he will try to find a scientific answer . He then proceeds to ask a series of more specific questions , some of which are here omitted . Asking these questions was a part of Professor Buswell's problem - solving ...
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... question becomes this : Which interpretation takes account of all the available clues and leaves the fewest un- answered questions ? which is most self - consistent and makes use of the richest background of relevant knowledge and ...
... question becomes this : Which interpretation takes account of all the available clues and leaves the fewest un- answered questions ? which is most self - consistent and makes use of the richest background of relevant knowledge and ...
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... question implied earlier in this chapter must finally be asked again : How important is it to get the sense of a poem ? And some persons might question further , " Doesn't this over- emphasis upon the interpretation of the meaning of a ...
... question implied earlier in this chapter must finally be asked again : How important is it to get the sense of a poem ? And some persons might question further , " Doesn't this over- emphasis upon the interpretation of the meaning of a ...
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