Preface to PoetryHarcourt, Brace, 1946 - 737 pages |
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... reader of poetry may easily stumble , is rapid reading . Indeed the trend in the past few years has been to emphasize speed , and only a certain sort of comprehension , in the teaching of silent reading . People have been urged to ...
... reader of poetry may easily stumble , is rapid reading . Indeed the trend in the past few years has been to emphasize speed , and only a certain sort of comprehension , in the teaching of silent reading . People have been urged to ...
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... reading aloud of poetry will be based upon generally good speech habits . Certain other hints apply particularly to the oral reading of verse . Almost everyone will read poetry in a tone of voice at least slightly different from that ...
... reading aloud of poetry will be based upon generally good speech habits . Certain other hints apply particularly to the oral reading of verse . Almost everyone will read poetry in a tone of voice at least slightly different from that ...
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... Reading . ( a ) Arrange to read some of the poems with another person . ( b ) Take turn about , reading and listening . ( c ) Be as helpful as possible in coaching the other reader , and insist upon his frankness in commenting upon your ...
... Reading . ( a ) Arrange to read some of the poems with another person . ( b ) Take turn about , reading and listening . ( c ) Be as helpful as possible in coaching the other reader , and insist upon his frankness in commenting upon your ...
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