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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... Break , Break , Break " " Break , Break , Break " came of a situation where reality of emotion is not to be doubted , the death of Tennyson's intimate friend , Arthur Hallam , for whom he was later to write In Memoriam . It is one ex ...
... Break , Break , Break " " Break , Break , Break " came of a situation where reality of emotion is not to be doubted , the death of Tennyson's intimate friend , Arthur Hallam , for whom he was later to write In Memoriam . It is one ex ...
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... Break , Break , Break 266 Break , break , break 266 BRIDGES , ROBERT Nightingales Passer - By , A 373 236 Bright Star , would I were steadfast as thou art . 418 BROOKE , RUPERT Soldier , The 265 BROWN , THOMAS EDWARD My Garden BROWNING ...
... Break , Break , Break 266 Break , break , break 266 BRIDGES , ROBERT Nightingales Passer - By , A 373 236 Bright Star , would I were steadfast as thou art . 418 BROOKE , RUPERT Soldier , The 265 BROWN , THOMAS EDWARD My Garden BROWNING ...
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... Break Break Break Crossing the Bar Kraken , The 301 266 444 228 Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington To Virgil 477 473 255 63 Thanatopsis ( Extract ) That is no country for old men That time of year thou mayst in me behold The ...
... Break Break Break Crossing the Bar Kraken , The 301 266 444 228 Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington To Virgil 477 473 255 63 Thanatopsis ( Extract ) That is no country for old men That time of year thou mayst in me behold The ...
Contents
OUTLINE FOR A DEFENSE | 1 |
LIONS IN THE PATH | 23 |
THE READING AND THE READINGS OF THE POEM | 39 |
Copyright | |
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