Preface to PoetryHarcourt, Brace, 1946 - 737 pages |
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... verse , the sort of language used in Poetry , which is the third great branch of Literature . But verse is also found in many works of Dramatic Literature , in many of the greatest . There are two features that distinguish verse as a ...
... verse , the sort of language used in Poetry , which is the third great branch of Literature . But verse is also found in many works of Dramatic Literature , in many of the greatest . There are two features that distinguish verse as a ...
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... VERSE Earlier in this chapter , prose was distinguished from verse both as regards its appearance on the page and its rhythmic effect upon the reader . And it was said about language , " All is prose that is not verse , and all is verse ...
... VERSE Earlier in this chapter , prose was distinguished from verse both as regards its appearance on the page and its rhythmic effect upon the reader . And it was said about language , " All is prose that is not verse , and all is verse ...
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... VERSE , that poetry whose mood , whether emotional or intel- lectual , is gay or whimsical , flip- pant or frolicsome , witty or satiri- cal , 512 ; the comic element in verse , 513 ; the satiric element , 513 f .; sorts of light verse ...
... VERSE , that poetry whose mood , whether emotional or intel- lectual , is gay or whimsical , flip- pant or frolicsome , witty or satiri- cal , 512 ; the comic element in verse , 513 ; the satiric element , 513 f .; sorts of light verse ...
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