Preface to PoetryHarcourt, Brace, 1946 - 737 pages |
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Page 172
... turn out to be an utterance equally difficult to interpret . Or the poet may not be at hand to answer the question , and he may never have written a note of explanation . What then ? Well , interpretation is not merely a guessing game ...
... turn out to be an utterance equally difficult to interpret . Or the poet may not be at hand to answer the question , and he may never have written a note of explanation . What then ? Well , interpretation is not merely a guessing game ...
Page 355
... turn Matthew Arnold's phrase to a new purpose . He who would enjoy the full flavor of poetry when reading it ... turn and turn about ) with the dark voices , or the men's voices against the women's . It will be necessary at times to ...
... turn Matthew Arnold's phrase to a new purpose . He who would enjoy the full flavor of poetry when reading it ... turn and turn about ) with the dark voices , or the men's voices against the women's . It will be necessary at times to ...
Page 444
... turn back to Chapter 8 ( pp . 193-97 , 200-03 ) for a brief review . 3. Poems of Sorts . ( a ) The above poems are already sorted into two main piles , narrative and lyric . Now proceed to classify them according to the scheme of sub ...
... turn back to Chapter 8 ( pp . 193-97 , 200-03 ) for a brief review . 3. Poems of Sorts . ( a ) The above poems are already sorted into two main piles , narrative and lyric . Now proceed to classify them according to the scheme of sub ...
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