Preface to PoetryHarcourt, Brace, 1946 - 737 pages |
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... tion done , he put down his pen and read over what he had written , with a certain feeling of satisfaction ? Or do we mean that later experience , prompted by some uncertainty , which led him to ques- tion the opening phrase of each ...
... tion done , he put down his pen and read over what he had written , with a certain feeling of satisfaction ? Or do we mean that later experience , prompted by some uncertainty , which led him to ques- tion the opening phrase of each ...
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... tion the stream of the reader's thoughts and feelings takes — as long as it goes places ! —then careful interpretation is of no consequence , and reading a poem is in no sense the completion of a communi- cation from the poet . But ...
... tion the stream of the reader's thoughts and feelings takes — as long as it goes places ! —then careful interpretation is of no consequence , and reading a poem is in no sense the completion of a communi- cation from the poet . But ...
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... tion , 193 ff . , 204 , 208 ff . , 213 ; in oral interpretation , 329 ; in choral reading , 356. See utterance , inter- pretation . COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS , the funda- mental nature of comparative ob- servation , 639 f .; purpose and pro ...
... tion , 193 ff . , 204 , 208 ff . , 213 ; in oral interpretation , 329 ; in choral reading , 356. See utterance , inter- pretation . COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS , the funda- mental nature of comparative ob- servation , 639 f .; purpose and pro ...
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