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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... garden ; But night's faint veil now wrapped the hill , Stark ' neath the stars stood the dead - still Mill , And out of her cold cottage never answered Mrs. Gill The Fairy mimbling mambling in the garden . -WALTER DE LA MARE If this ...
... garden ; But night's faint veil now wrapped the hill , Stark ' neath the stars stood the dead - still Mill , And out of her cold cottage never answered Mrs. Gill The Fairy mimbling mambling in the garden . -WALTER DE LA MARE If this ...
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... garden , anywhere , at any time . Rose plot , grotto , pool , side by side , are rather a heterogeneity in a single garden . Nor will the words bear examination : they are the overwrought language of sentimental prettiness ; lovesome ...
... garden , anywhere , at any time . Rose plot , grotto , pool , side by side , are rather a heterogeneity in a single garden . Nor will the words bear examination : they are the overwrought language of sentimental prettiness ; lovesome ...
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... garden he is describing ? Are the images sharply defined ? Much of Swinburne's writing would profit by condensation . Is that true here ? If good poetry should have intensity and concentration , what is to be said about " A Forsaken Garden ...
... garden he is describing ? Are the images sharply defined ? Much of Swinburne's writing would profit by condensation . Is that true here ? If good poetry should have intensity and concentration , what is to be said about " A Forsaken Garden ...
Contents
OUTLINE FOR A DEFENSE | 1 |
LIONS IN THE PATH | 23 |
THE READING AND THE READINGS OF THE POEM | 39 |
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