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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... hand combat in the narrow streets , dusty with confusion . These things and more were there for Faustus . And these ... hands , That yarely frame the office . From the barge A strange invisible perfume hits the sense Of the adjacent BY ...
... hand combat in the narrow streets , dusty with confusion . These things and more were there for Faustus . And these ... hands , That yarely frame the office . From the barge A strange invisible perfume hits the sense Of the adjacent BY ...
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... hand go cold ; But , belly , God send thee good ale enough , Whether it be new or old . I love no roast but a nutbrown toast , And a crab laid in the fire ; A little bread shall do me stead , Much bread I do not desire . No frost , nor ...
... hand go cold ; But , belly , God send thee good ale enough , Whether it be new or old . I love no roast but a nutbrown toast , And a crab laid in the fire ; A little bread shall do me stead , Much bread I do not desire . No frost , nor ...
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... hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry ? In what distant deeps or skies Burnt the fire of thine eyes ? On what wings dare he aspire ? What the hand dare seize the fire ? And what shoulder , and what art , Could twist the sinews of ...
... hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry ? In what distant deeps or skies Burnt the fire of thine eyes ? On what wings dare he aspire ? What the hand dare seize the fire ? And what shoulder , and what art , Could twist the sinews of ...
Contents
OUTLINE FOR A DEFENSE | 1 |
LIONS IN THE PATH | 23 |
THE READING AND THE READINGS OF THE POEM | 39 |
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