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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Page 33
... imagination , appreciation of art is impossible . But with imagination , the third man saw all the second man saw , and more . His emotions tested and checked by his knowledge of the rules of the game , he felt because of the picture ...
... imagination , appreciation of art is impossible . But with imagination , the third man saw all the second man saw , and more . His emotions tested and checked by his knowledge of the rules of the game , he felt because of the picture ...
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... imagination which bodies forth abstractions in a wealth of concrete detail to feed his own fears fat ; an imagination which can hardly help expressing itself in poetry . To get the full force of what he says , a reader must be willing ...
... imagination which bodies forth abstractions in a wealth of concrete detail to feed his own fears fat ; an imagination which can hardly help expressing itself in poetry . To get the full force of what he says , a reader must be willing ...
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... imagination . ( And it must be read aloud ! ) Then examine the structure : notice that a row of dots breaks it into two distinct parts ; notice too the way the tawdry melody of " Stamboul Rose " gradually evolves , in the poet's imagination ...
... imagination . ( And it must be read aloud ! ) Then examine the structure : notice that a row of dots breaks it into two distinct parts ; notice too the way the tawdry melody of " Stamboul Rose " gradually evolves , in the poet's imagination ...
Contents
OUTLINE FOR A DEFENSE | 1 |
LIONS IN THE PATH | 23 |
THE READING AND THE READINGS OF THE POEM | 39 |
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