Preface to PoetryHarcourt, Brace, 1946 - 737 pages |
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... thee , tore thee ? Better men fared thus before thee ; Fired their ringing shot and pass'd , Hotly charged - and sank at last . Charge once more , then , and be dumb ! Let the victors , when they come , When the forts of folly fall ...
... thee , tore thee ? Better men fared thus before thee ; Fired their ringing shot and pass'd , Hotly charged - and sank at last . Charge once more , then , and be dumb ! Let the victors , when they come , When the forts of folly fall ...
Page 301
... thee , for thou fliest Me ! Strange , piteous , futile thing ! Wherefore should any set thee love apart ? Seeing none but I makes much of naught " ( He said ) , " And human love needs human meriting : How hast thou merited- Of all man's ...
... thee , for thou fliest Me ! Strange , piteous , futile thing ! Wherefore should any set thee love apart ? Seeing none but I makes much of naught " ( He said ) , " And human love needs human meriting : How hast thou merited- Of all man's ...
Page 456
... thee ? Let me count the ways . I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach , when feeling out of sight For the ends of Being and Ideal Grace . I love thee to the level of every day's Most quiet need , by sun and ...
... thee ? Let me count the ways . I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach , when feeling out of sight For the ends of Being and Ideal Grace . I love thee to the level of every day's Most quiet need , by sun and ...
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