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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... Sonnet Since the Renaissance , the sonnet has been a favorite form with many poets writing in English . One critic - he probably goes too far - has asserted that all modern poets of distinction have written good sonnets . The sonnet is ...
... Sonnet Since the Renaissance , the sonnet has been a favorite form with many poets writing in English . One critic - he probably goes too far - has asserted that all modern poets of distinction have written good sonnets . The sonnet is ...
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... sonnet has , in its most rigid form , only two rimes in the octave , arranged in the pattern abba , abba ; the sestet may have two or three rimes , vary- ingly arranged , the important point being that it avoids concluding with a riming ...
... sonnet has , in its most rigid form , only two rimes in the octave , arranged in the pattern abba , abba ; the sestet may have two or three rimes , vary- ingly arranged , the important point being that it avoids concluding with a riming ...
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... Sonnet LV Sonnet LXXIII Sonnet LXXXVII When Daffodils Begin to Peer Shall I Wasting in Despair Shall I , wasting in despair She Dwelt among the Untrodden Ways She dwelt among the untrodden ways She knows a cheap release SHELLEY , PERCY ...
... Sonnet LV Sonnet LXXIII Sonnet LXXXVII When Daffodils Begin to Peer Shall I Wasting in Despair Shall I , wasting in despair She Dwelt among the Untrodden Ways She dwelt among the untrodden ways She knows a cheap release SHELLEY , PERCY ...
Contents
OUTLINE FOR A DEFENSE | 1 |
LIONS IN THE PATH | 23 |
THE READING AND THE READINGS OF THE POEM | 39 |
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