Preface to PoetryHarcourt, Brace, 1946 - 737 pages |
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Page 27
... seems to piece itself together and , in substance , may be represented by the fol- lowing summary : John Keats says , " I have been a wide reader of great books , but I had no knowledge of Homer till I came upon his works as put into ...
... seems to piece itself together and , in substance , may be represented by the fol- lowing summary : John Keats says , " I have been a wide reader of great books , but I had no knowledge of Homer till I came upon his works as put into ...
Page 173
... seems to make sense , was earlier re- ferred to as ambiguity . At times it gets in our way . At other times , as perhaps in the interpretation of " The Racer , " the rejected streams of thought never completely dry up and disappear ...
... seems to make sense , was earlier re- ferred to as ambiguity . At times it gets in our way . At other times , as perhaps in the interpretation of " The Racer , " the rejected streams of thought never completely dry up and disappear ...
Page 233
... seems to be thinking : 1 It comes to me ( he says ) that , with my days on earth less than half done , the use of my eyes is gone ! Because of this , I am not able to make use of that special power in writing which , like the money ...
... seems to be thinking : 1 It comes to me ( he says ) that , with my days on earth less than half done , the use of my eyes is gone ! Because of this , I am not able to make use of that special power in writing which , like the money ...
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