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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... BREAK , BREAK , BREAK " Break , break , break , On thy cold gray stones , O Sea ! → And I would that my tongue could utter · The thoughts that arise in me . O , well for the fisherman's boy , That he shouts with his sister at play ! O ...
... BREAK , BREAK , BREAK " Break , break , break , On thy cold gray stones , O Sea ! → And I would that my tongue could utter · The thoughts that arise in me . O , well for the fisherman's boy , That he shouts with his sister at play ! O ...
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... Break , Break , Break 266 Break , break , break 266 BRIDGES , ROBERT Nightingales Passer - By , A 373 236 Bright Star , would I were steadfast as thou art . 418 BROOKE , RUPERT Soldier , The BROWN , THOMAS EDWARD My Garden BROWNING ...
... Break , Break , Break 266 Break , break , break 266 BRIDGES , ROBERT Nightingales Passer - By , A 373 236 Bright Star , would I were steadfast as thou art . 418 BROOKE , RUPERT Soldier , The BROWN , THOMAS EDWARD My Garden BROWNING ...
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... Break Break Break Crossing the Bar Kraken , The 301 266 444 228 Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington To Virgil 477 473 Thanatopsis ( Extract ) That is no country for old men That time of year thou mayst in me behold The barge she ...
... Break Break Break Crossing the Bar Kraken , The 301 266 444 228 Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington To Virgil 477 473 Thanatopsis ( Extract ) That is no country for old men That time of year thou mayst in me behold The barge she ...
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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