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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... earth ? Declare , if thou hast understanding . Who determined the measure thereof - if thou knowest ? Or who stretched the line upon it ? Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened ? Or who laid the corner stone thereof When the ...
... earth ? Declare , if thou hast understanding . Who determined the measure thereof - if thou knowest ? Or who stretched the line upon it ? Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened ? Or who laid the corner stone thereof When the ...
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... earth ? Declare if thou knowest it all ! Where is the way to the dwelling of light , And as for darkness , where is the place thereof ? That thou shouldest take it to the bounds thereof , And that thou shouldest discern the paths to the ...
... earth ? Declare if thou knowest it all ! Where is the way to the dwelling of light , And as for darkness , where is the place thereof ? That thou shouldest take it to the bounds thereof , And that thou shouldest discern the paths to the ...
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... earth , was the sphere of the fixed stars or constellations . ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE My heart aches , and a drowsy numbness pains My sense , as though of hemlock I had drunk , Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One minute past ...
... earth , was the sphere of the fixed stars or constellations . ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE My heart aches , and a drowsy numbness pains My sense , as though of hemlock I had drunk , Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One minute past ...
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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