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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... thought of eternal 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 ...
... thought of eternal 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 ...
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... thought , the greater the poem ; where " other things being equal " simply means that thought does not of itself make the poem : it is only one element in the ultimate fusion which is poetry , not prose . Or , to say it another way , if ...
... thought , the greater the poem ; where " other things being equal " simply means that thought does not of itself make the poem : it is only one element in the ultimate fusion which is poetry , not prose . Or , to say it another way , if ...
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... thoughts such as he has thought for " many a time " when he has heard the bird , thoughts induced by those feelings about life already outlined in stanza iii . Here , again , in so seemingly slight a detail , the poet is remarkably ...
... thoughts such as he has thought for " many a time " when he has heard the bird , thoughts induced by those feelings about life already outlined in stanza iii . Here , again , in so seemingly slight a detail , the poet is remarkably ...
Contents
OUTLINE FOR A DEFENSE | 1 |
LIONS IN THE PATH | 23 |
THE READING AND THE READINGS OF THE POEM | 39 |
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