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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... rest . ... But then the subject is brought back to reality with the thought of the things he has yet to do , and the rest of his life he has yet to spend . e ) It may represent one who is tired of life's hardships , and is tempted to ...
... rest . ... But then the subject is brought back to reality with the thought of the things he has yet to do , and the rest of his life he has yet to spend . e ) It may represent one who is tired of life's hardships , and is tempted to ...
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... Rest in the bottom lay . " For if I should , " said he , " Bestow this jewel also on my creature , He would adore my gifts instead of me , And rest in Nature , not the God of Nature . So both should losers be . " Yet let him keep the rest ...
... Rest in the bottom lay . " For if I should , " said he , " Bestow this jewel also on my creature , He would adore my gifts instead of me , And rest in Nature , not the God of Nature . So both should losers be . " Yet let him keep the rest ...
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... rest secure ; No sleep so sweet as thine , no rest so sure . -FRANCIS QUARLES Suggestions Ideas are thoroughly conventional , and there is hardly a striking image in the poem . To discover what , if anything , saves it from being ...
... rest secure ; No sleep so sweet as thine , no rest so sure . -FRANCIS QUARLES Suggestions Ideas are thoroughly conventional , and there is hardly a striking image in the poem . To discover what , if anything , saves it from being ...
Contents
OUTLINE FOR A DEFENSE | 1 |
LIONS IN THE PATH | 23 |
THE READING AND THE READINGS OF THE POEM | 39 |
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