Preface to PoetryHarcourt, Brace, 1946 - 737 pages |
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... soul : " O me , what strange perplexities control " " The whole skill of thy powers in this event ! . ( ? c.850 B.C .; 1614 ) From the deep sleep into which he falls , Ulysses is awakened by the beautiful Nausicaä , princess of the land ...
... soul : " O me , what strange perplexities control " " The whole skill of thy powers in this event ! . ( ? c.850 B.C .; 1614 ) From the deep sleep into which he falls , Ulysses is awakened by the beautiful Nausicaä , princess of the land ...
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... Soul through the Invisible , Some letter of that After - life to spell : And by and by my Soul return'd to me , And answer'd " I Myself am Heav'n and Hell : " 67 Heav'n but the Vision of fulfill'd Desire , And Hell the Shadow from a Soul ...
... Soul through the Invisible , Some letter of that After - life to spell : And by and by my Soul return'd to me , And answer'd " I Myself am Heav'n and Hell : " 67 Heav'n but the Vision of fulfill'd Desire , And Hell the Shadow from a Soul ...
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... soul to suit , Whose spirit works lest arms and legs want play ? To man , propose this test— Thy body at its best , How far can that project thy soul on its lone way ? Let us not always say " Spite of this flesh today 12 I strove , made ...
... soul to suit , Whose spirit works lest arms and legs want play ? To man , propose this test— Thy body at its best , How far can that project thy soul on its lone way ? Let us not always say " Spite of this flesh today 12 I strove , made ...
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