The Art of Reading PoetryFarrar & Rinehart, Incorporated, 1941 - 519 pages I do not believe that poetry is mysterious or esoteric. It is for all who can read, who can call words, who have rhythm enough, by nature, so that a jazz orchestra sets feet and hands in motion. Likewise, this invitation is to all. But it is, especially, invitation to those regretfully convinced that poetry is not for them, and to those who think they prefer the unequivocating directness of prose. It is invitation to labor, and after labor, entrance upon pleasure "not to be chang'd by place or time," the peculiar pleasure which poetry is. - Invitation to reading. |
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... appears without a modifying adjective like imitation or art it is to be under- stood to mean specifically the folk or ... appear in from two to more than twenty versions , some so dif- ferent they are with difficulty recognizable as ...
... appears without a modifying adjective like imitation or art it is to be under- stood to mean specifically the folk or ... appear in from two to more than twenty versions , some so dif- ferent they are with difficulty recognizable as ...
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... And I saw a boat appear . The Pilot and the Pilot's boy , I heard them coming fast : Dear Lord in Heaven ! it was a joy The dead men could not blast . I saw a third - I heard his voice : THE POEM AS STORY ( II ) THE BALLAD 189.
... And I saw a boat appear . The Pilot and the Pilot's boy , I heard them coming fast : Dear Lord in Heaven ! it was a joy The dead men could not blast . I saw a third - I heard his voice : THE POEM AS STORY ( II ) THE BALLAD 189.
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... appear , 190 Radiant with ardour divine ! Beacons of hope , ye appear ! Languor is not in your heart , Weakness is not in your word , Weariness not on your brow . Ye alight in our van ! at your voice , Panic , despair , flee away . Ye ...
... appear , 190 Radiant with ardour divine ! Beacons of hope , ye appear ! Languor is not in your heart , Weakness is not in your word , Weariness not on your brow . Ye alight in our van ! at your voice , Panic , despair , flee away . Ye ...
Contents
OUTLINE FOR A DEFENSE | 1 |
LIONS IN THE PATH | 23 |
THE READING AND THE READINGS OF THE POEM | 39 |
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