Preface to PoetryHarcourt, Brace, 1946 - 737 pages |
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Page 166
... reference to Jesus , as does the Lamb of God . But what can be meant by the apparent assertion , in the form of a rhetorical question , that Jesus walked upon the meadows and hills of England ? Does England here mean simply this Earth ...
... reference to Jesus , as does the Lamb of God . But what can be meant by the apparent assertion , in the form of a rhetorical question , that Jesus walked upon the meadows and hills of England ? Does England here mean simply this Earth ...
Page 707
... reference , and the words so distinguished are separately defined or provided with additional page references . First - Line Index A Christian ! going , gone. ACCENT , the emphasis given to one or more syllables in a word . See stress ...
... reference , and the words so distinguished are separately defined or provided with additional page references . First - Line Index A Christian ! going , gone. ACCENT , the emphasis given to one or more syllables in a word . See stress ...
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... reference , meaning , communication , interpre- tation , speech . LIGHT VERSE , that poetry whose mood , whether emotional or intel- lectual , is gay or whimsical , flip- pant or frolicsome , witty or satiri- cal , 512 ; the comic ...
... reference , meaning , communication , interpre- tation , speech . LIGHT VERSE , that poetry whose mood , whether emotional or intel- lectual , is gay or whimsical , flip- pant or frolicsome , witty or satiri- cal , 512 ; the comic ...
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