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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... Land is one of the most difficult poems in English . Less than five hundred lines long , it has been described as ... land which is not the waste land of the poem . At the end , Eliot has provided , as a kind of supplement , some ...
... Land is one of the most difficult poems in English . Less than five hundred lines long , it has been described as ... land which is not the waste land of the poem . At the end , Eliot has provided , as a kind of supplement , some ...
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... land to land ; And now , all in my own countree , I stood on the firm land ! The Hermit stepped forth from the boat , And scarcely he could stand . ' O shrieve me , shrieve me , holy man ! ' The Hermit crossed his brow . ' Say quick ...
... land to land ; And now , all in my own countree , I stood on the firm land ! The Hermit stepped forth from the boat , And scarcely he could stand . ' O shrieve me , shrieve me , holy man ! ' The Hermit crossed his brow . ' Say quick ...
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... LAND " Where lies the land to which the ship would go ? Far , far ahead , is all her seamen know . And where the land she travels from ? Away , Far , far behind , is all that they can say . On sunny noons upon the deck's smooth face ...
... LAND " Where lies the land to which the ship would go ? Far , far ahead , is all her seamen know . And where the land she travels from ? Away , Far , far behind , is all that they can say . On sunny noons upon the deck's smooth face ...
Contents
OUTLINE FOR A DEFENSE | 1 |
LIONS IN THE PATH | 23 |
THE READING AND THE READINGS OF THE POEM | 39 |
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