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 89
... passed on the river ; To mind the pilot's bell ; And if ever the Prairie Belle took fire , — A thousand times he swore , He'd hold her nozzle agin the bank Till the last soul got ashore . All boats has their day on the Mississipp , And ...
... passed on the river ; To mind the pilot's bell ; And if ever the Prairie Belle took fire , — A thousand times he swore , He'd hold her nozzle agin the bank Till the last soul got ashore . All boats has their day on the Mississipp , And ...
Page 91
... passed in . his checks instead of died , good also because it is a phrase we are sure would be natural to the man telling the story , though it might seem badly hackneyed in an- other context . After a first burst of flame , the poet ...
... passed in . his checks instead of died , good also because it is a phrase we are sure would be natural to the man telling the story , though it might seem badly hackneyed in an- other context . After a first burst of flame , the poet ...
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... passed the Line was driven by storms to the cold Country towards the South Pole ; and how from thence she made her course to the tropical Latitude of the Great Pacific Ocean ; and of the strange things that befell ; and in what manner ...
... passed the Line was driven by storms to the cold Country towards the South Pole ; and how from thence she made her course to the tropical Latitude of the Great Pacific Ocean ; and of the strange things that befell ; and in what manner ...
Contents
OUTLINE FOR A DEFENSE | 1 |
LIONS IN THE PATH | 23 |
THE READING AND THE READINGS OF THE POEM | 39 |
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