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 357
... night terrible and dear . Why is daylight lone ? Stanza ii . The opening lines are lovely of themselves , but hardly enough is made of them to fix their imagery sharply , before we are in- volved in night's tussle with day . If night is ...
... night terrible and dear . Why is daylight lone ? Stanza ii . The opening lines are lovely of themselves , but hardly enough is made of them to fix their imagery sharply , before we are in- volved in night's tussle with day . If night is ...
Page 358
... night is dead hardly seems to fit . Sleep is to come in the morning , after night has fled . But this idea in- volves contradiction with what was said in lines 15 and 16 ; for there the poet is pictured as getting up at the crack of ...
... night is dead hardly seems to fit . Sleep is to come in the morning , after night has fled . But this idea in- volves contradiction with what was said in lines 15 and 16 ; for there the poet is pictured as getting up at the crack of ...
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... NIGHT Oft , in the stilly night , Ere Slumber's chain has bound me , Fond Memory brings the light Of other days around me : The smiles , the tears , Of boyhood's years , The words of love then spoken ; The eyes that shone , Now dimmed ...
... NIGHT Oft , in the stilly night , Ere Slumber's chain has bound me , Fond Memory brings the light Of other days around me : The smiles , the tears , Of boyhood's years , The words of love then spoken ; The eyes that shone , Now dimmed ...
Contents
OUTLINE FOR A DEFENSE | 1 |
LIONS IN THE PATH | 23 |
THE READING AND THE READINGS OF THE POEM | 39 |
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