Preface to PoetryHarcourt, Brace, 1946 - 737 pages |
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... stand for . And the sense of it , what the words stand for in the reading of a particular reader , will depend upon his experience with them . At best , language is an imperfect instrument of communication . The thought stimulated in ...
... stand for . And the sense of it , what the words stand for in the reading of a particular reader , will depend upon his experience with them . At best , language is an imperfect instrument of communication . The thought stimulated in ...
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... stand ready to serve God when and where he could . And out of his blind years came Paradise Lost . So I am myself stirred as I come to recognize Milton's feelings . I am not myself blind , nor have I ever suffered a comparable ...
... stand ready to serve God when and where he could . And out of his blind years came Paradise Lost . So I am myself stirred as I come to recognize Milton's feelings . I am not myself blind , nor have I ever suffered a comparable ...
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... stand in ! It is by no breath , Turn of eye , wave of hand , that salvation joins issue with death ! As thy Love is discovered almighty , almighty be proved Thy power , that exists with and for it , of being Beloved ! He who did most ...
... stand in ! It is by no breath , Turn of eye , wave of hand , that salvation joins issue with death ! As thy Love is discovered almighty , almighty be proved Thy power , that exists with and for it , of being Beloved ! He who did most ...
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