Preface to PoetryHarcourt, Brace, 1946 - 737 pages |
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Page 245
... true , Applause , in spite of trivial faults , is due . . . . Some to conceit alone their taste confine , And glitt'ring thoughts struck out at ev'ry line ; . . . True Wit is Nature to advantage dress'd , ... What oft was thought , but ...
... true , Applause , in spite of trivial faults , is due . . . . Some to conceit alone their taste confine , And glitt'ring thoughts struck out at ev'ry line ; . . . True Wit is Nature to advantage dress'd , ... What oft was thought , but ...
Page 277
... true , and the beautiful . These are famous words in the history of thought , and they are household words as well . We have already made cautious use of the word beautiful in the early chapter on " Language and Art , " and of the word ...
... true , and the beautiful . These are famous words in the history of thought , and they are household words as well . We have already made cautious use of the word beautiful in the early chapter on " Language and Art , " and of the word ...
Page 289
... true . At least , they cannot both be true at the same time for the same person , who must either believe in the doctrine of immortality , as he under- stands it , or not believe in it . ... And yet millions of readers who have not been ...
... true . At least , they cannot both be true at the same time for the same person , who must either believe in the doctrine of immortality , as he under- stands it , or not believe in it . ... And yet millions of readers who have not been ...
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