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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... dead beside , Dead long ago , and I am Bishop since , And as she died so must we die ourselves , - And thence ye may perceive the world's a dream . Life , how and what is it ? As here I lie In this state - chamber , dying by degrees ...
... dead beside , Dead long ago , and I am Bishop since , And as she died so must we die ourselves , - And thence ye may perceive the world's a dream . Life , how and what is it ? As here I lie In this state - chamber , dying by degrees ...
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... dead . Some versions tell how the mother cursed the sea upon hearing her sons were lost , and then became mad . Why is the poem better without such detail ? The crowing cock is a ballad convention ; he announces the imminence of the ...
... dead . Some versions tell how the mother cursed the sea upon hearing her sons were lost , and then became mad . Why is the poem better without such detail ? The crowing cock is a ballad convention ; he announces the imminence of the ...
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... dead . But the curse liveth for him in the eye of the dead men . I fear thee and thy glittering eye , And thy skinny hand , so brown . " - Fear not , fear not , thou Wedding - Guest ! This body dropt not down . Alone , alone , all , all ...
... dead . But the curse liveth for him in the eye of the dead men . I fear thee and thy glittering eye , And thy skinny hand , so brown . " - Fear not , fear not , thou Wedding - Guest ! This body dropt not down . Alone , alone , all , all ...
Contents
OUTLINE FOR A DEFENSE | 1 |
LIONS IN THE PATH | 23 |
THE READING AND THE READINGS OF THE POEM | 39 |
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