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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... move onward ; and everywhere the blue sky belongs to them , and is their appointed rest , and their native country ... moving Moon went up the sky , And no where did abide : Softly she was going up , And a star or two beside- Her beams ...
... move onward ; and everywhere the blue sky belongs to them , and is their appointed rest , and their native country ... moving Moon went up the sky , And no where did abide : Softly she was going up , And a star or two beside- Her beams ...
Page 213
... move , ' Twere prophanation of our joyes To tell the layetie our love . Moving of th ' earth brings harmes and feares , Men reckon what it did and meant , But trepidation of the spheares , Though greater farre , is innocent . Dull ...
... move , ' Twere prophanation of our joyes To tell the layetie our love . Moving of th ' earth brings harmes and feares , Men reckon what it did and meant , But trepidation of the spheares , Though greater farre , is innocent . Dull ...
Page 441
... move are about equal . The first line takes the form of two deliberately rising waves , which may be diagramed in this way . The general rhythm is a rising rhythm , in harmony with the aspiration of the prayer . What do the caesuras do ...
... move are about equal . The first line takes the form of two deliberately rising waves , which may be diagramed in this way . The general rhythm is a rising rhythm , in harmony with the aspiration of the prayer . What do the caesuras do ...
Contents
OUTLINE FOR A DEFENSE | 1 |
LIONS IN THE PATH | 23 |
THE READING AND THE READINGS OF THE POEM | 39 |
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