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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Page 66
... material of poetry is the same stuff which makes for gossip . What men talk about in smoking cars , women over bridge tables or across backyard fences in the relaxed interludes of Monday morning's washing , are also the things about ...
... material of poetry is the same stuff which makes for gossip . What men talk about in smoking cars , women over bridge tables or across backyard fences in the relaxed interludes of Monday morning's washing , are also the things about ...
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... material , it is commonplace , unworthy of all the talk made about it . So what ? Simply that the difference is in what is done with the raw material , in its treatment . And treatment , which makes a given raw material literature ...
... material , it is commonplace , unworthy of all the talk made about it . So what ? Simply that the difference is in what is done with the raw material , in its treatment . And treatment , which makes a given raw material literature ...
Page 365
... material cause . A material cause is , roughly , the raw stuff which is to become a finished object : wood , for example , is a material cause of a table . So the lady's beauty , to which the flowers return at death , is like the material ...
... material cause . A material cause is , roughly , the raw stuff which is to become a finished object : wood , for example , is a material cause of a table . So the lady's beauty , to which the flowers return at death , is like the material ...
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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