Preface to PoetryHarcourt, Brace, 1946 - 737 pages |
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... song its individual character . ( b ) In order to fix the musical intervals accurately in mind , you may need to sit at the piano ; and a tapping foot may help you with the musical beat . ( c ) Notice that , though the air strikes our ...
... song its individual character . ( b ) In order to fix the musical intervals accurately in mind , you may need to sit at the piano ; and a tapping foot may help you with the musical beat . ( c ) Notice that , though the air strikes our ...
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... Song ( All my past life ) , 521 Song ( Go and catch a falling star ) , 655 Song ( My gen'rous heart disdains ) , 344 Song ( When I am dead , my dearest ) , 439 Song for St. Cecilia's Day , A , 147 Song of Myself ( selection ) , 40 Song ...
... Song ( All my past life ) , 521 Song ( Go and catch a falling star ) , 655 Song ( My gen'rous heart disdains ) , 344 Song ( When I am dead , my dearest ) , 439 Song for St. Cecilia's Day , A , 147 Song of Myself ( selection ) , 40 Song ...
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... Song ( All my past life ) , 521 Pillar of the Cloud , The , 278 Song ( Go and catch a falling star ) , Poetry , 491 655 Poison Tree , A , 438 Song ( My gen'rous heart disdains ) , Polo Grounds , 334 344 Praying Mantis Visits a Penthouse ...
... Song ( All my past life ) , 521 Pillar of the Cloud , The , 278 Song ( Go and catch a falling star ) , Poetry , 491 655 Poison Tree , A , 438 Song ( My gen'rous heart disdains ) , Polo Grounds , 334 344 Praying Mantis Visits a Penthouse ...
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