Preface to PoetryHarcourt, Brace, 1946 - 737 pages |
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... VOICes DI - e , VIbrates INthe MEM - o- RY - e . The first of these two rhythmic groupings will give the reader a rising feeling ; for the voice , heard or imagined , slides from the unstressed syllable , normally lower in pitch , up to ...
... VOICes DI - e , VIbrates INthe MEM - o- RY - e . The first of these two rhythmic groupings will give the reader a rising feeling ; for the voice , heard or imagined , slides from the unstressed syllable , normally lower in pitch , up to ...
Page 111
... voice quality . As readers vary so widely in observing them , these features will , for the sake of simplicity , be no more than mentioned here ; but with one com- ment : When the reader discovers for himself how a poem " goes , ” he ...
... voice quality . As readers vary so widely in observing them , these features will , for the sake of simplicity , be no more than mentioned here ; but with one com- ment : When the reader discovers for himself how a poem " goes , ” he ...
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... voice at least slightly different from that used in the reading of prose . The complex " music " of a poem , its relation to the other aspects of the full poem- experience , and the desire to communicate this to others — these are ...
... voice at least slightly different from that used in the reading of prose . The complex " music " of a poem , its relation to the other aspects of the full poem- experience , and the desire to communicate this to others — these are ...
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