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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... probably humorous exaggeration , but worth stanzas of explanatory comment - and the furnace " crammed , rosin and pine . " Best of all are those two lines , The fire bust out as she clared the bar , And burnt a hole in the night . It ...
... probably humorous exaggeration , but worth stanzas of explanatory comment - and the furnace " crammed , rosin and pine . " Best of all are those two lines , The fire bust out as she clared the bar , And burnt a hole in the night . It ...
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Earl Richardson Knapp Daniels. Probably there is historical basis for this ballad ; probably Sir Patrick Spens is an actual rather than a legendary character ; but with confusion among scholars as to exactly what specific voyage is ...
Earl Richardson Knapp Daniels. Probably there is historical basis for this ballad ; probably Sir Patrick Spens is an actual rather than a legendary character ; but with confusion among scholars as to exactly what specific voyage is ...
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... probably to be found in line 1 . Line 10 : Gilt plats . Plots of ground yellowed by the sun's rays . In lines 11-12 , a slight pause after men will probably help to make the meaning clear . For lines 33-37 , C. H. Wilkinson , in his ...
... probably to be found in line 1 . Line 10 : Gilt plats . Plots of ground yellowed by the sun's rays . In lines 11-12 , a slight pause after men will probably help to make the meaning clear . For lines 33-37 , C. H. Wilkinson , in his ...
Contents
OUTLINE FOR A DEFENSE | 1 |
LIONS IN THE PATH | 23 |
THE READING AND THE READINGS OF THE POEM | 39 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Pealkiri | The Art of Reading Poetry |
| Autor | Earl Richardson Knapp Daniels |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Farrar & Rinehart, Incorporated, 1941 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 25 veeb. 2008 |
| Length | 519 pages |
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