Preface to PoetryHarcourt, Brace, 1946 - 737 pages |
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... sonnet's iambic pentam- eter ; the length looks about right for the fourteen lines requisite for a sonnet ; the alternative indentations in the first part and the two degrees of indentation in the second part may be clues to the rime ...
... sonnet's iambic pentam- eter ; the length looks about right for the fourteen lines requisite for a sonnet ; the alternative indentations in the first part and the two degrees of indentation in the second part may be clues to the rime ...
Page 447
... sonnet ( the measured five - stress , rising tread ; the riming pat- tern of recurring end - sounds ; the ebb and ... sonnet of one of the several somewhat similar forms . Most poems in sonnet form are lyrics , but sometimes this poetic ...
... sonnet ( the measured five - stress , rising tread ; the riming pat- tern of recurring end - sounds ; the ebb and ... sonnet of one of the several somewhat similar forms . Most poems in sonnet form are lyrics , but sometimes this poetic ...
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... sonnets were addressed to his beloved Beatrice , and by Petrarch , to his Laura . The Petrarchan or Italian form of the sonnet is characteristically divided into two parts , the octave , as the first eight lines are called , and the ...
... sonnets were addressed to his beloved Beatrice , and by Petrarch , to his Laura . The Petrarchan or Italian form of the sonnet is characteristically divided into two parts , the octave , as the first eight lines are called , and the ...
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