Preface to PoetryHarcourt, Brace, 1946 - 737 pages |
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... response to them , for verbal experiences of each reader provide words not only with certain senses but also with certain feelings . These fleeting feelings that tag along are sometimes called the connotation of words , as opposed to ...
... response to them , for verbal experiences of each reader provide words not only with certain senses but also with certain feelings . These fleeting feelings that tag along are sometimes called the connotation of words , as opposed to ...
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... response to the poem . The opening words , " Kiss me , " are sufficient stimulus for some readers , prompting them to make a ready - to - wear response to the poem ; they turn on the emotional tap , to change the metaphor , and let the ...
... response to the poem . The opening words , " Kiss me , " are sufficient stimulus for some readers , prompting them to make a ready - to - wear response to the poem ; they turn on the emotional tap , to change the metaphor , and let the ...
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... response has been something like that suggested in this paragraph , it would be called a stock response because you are reading a meaning into the poem that is contrary to the poet's inten- tion as more carefully interpreted . ( b ) ...
... response has been something like that suggested in this paragraph , it would be called a stock response because you are reading a meaning into the poem that is contrary to the poet's inten- tion as more carefully interpreted . ( b ) ...
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