Preface to PoetryHarcourt, Brace, 1946 - 737 pages |
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Page 97
... STRESSED WORDS that THUS beCOME POINTS of INter- est ; and THIS GIVES RISE to the FEELing that we here call " RHYTHM . " The syllables printed in ALL - CAPS are those that are stressed , as the writer conceives of their being spoken ...
... STRESSED WORDS that THUS beCOME POINTS of INter- est ; and THIS GIVES RISE to the FEELing that we here call " RHYTHM . " The syllables printed in ALL - CAPS are those that are stressed , as the writer conceives of their being spoken ...
Page 101
... stressing of the words , though there is still some wrenching of the stress , as is often the case in such trial flights . But that second question now arises . How does the reader tend to “ organize " or group the stressed and ...
... stressing of the words , though there is still some wrenching of the stress , as is often the case in such trial flights . But that second question now arises . How does the reader tend to “ organize " or group the stressed and ...
Page 109
... stressed syllables ( masculine rime ) , and words that are identical in their stressed vowels and any following con- sonants , but with differing sounds preceding the stressed vowels ( perfect rime ) . This is what one tends to expect ...
... stressed syllables ( masculine rime ) , and words that are identical in their stressed vowels and any following con- sonants , but with differing sounds preceding the stressed vowels ( perfect rime ) . This is what one tends to expect ...
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