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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... soul " may turn out to be more of a hindrance than a help . This cult of " the special soul " has a good deal to do with the situation . For though poetry is not meant for special souls , being a normal , healthy activity of healthy and ...
... soul " may turn out to be more of a hindrance than a help . This cult of " the special soul " has a good deal to do with the situation . For though poetry is not meant for special souls , being a normal , healthy activity of healthy and ...
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... soul's search for God . Thompson takes a different approach , emphasizing , instead , God's pursuit of the fleeing soul . He also gains freshness and originality for his poem by a daring figure in which he represents God as a hunting ...
... soul's search for God . Thompson takes a different approach , emphasizing , instead , God's pursuit of the fleeing soul . He also gains freshness and originality for his poem by a daring figure in which he represents God as a hunting ...
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... sóul / within , By thý Christ's blood , / the báth of sín . Power , in line 1 , is a monosyllable . Line 4 probably ... soul clean within , and by stress and caesura the poet has emphasized the idea , reinforcing it by THE POEM AS MUSIC 439.
... sóul / within , By thý Christ's blood , / the báth of sín . Power , in line 1 , is a monosyllable . Line 4 probably ... soul clean within , and by stress and caesura the poet has emphasized the idea , reinforcing it by THE POEM AS MUSIC 439.
Contents
OUTLINE FOR A DEFENSE | 1 |
LIONS IN THE PATH | 23 |
THE READING AND THE READINGS OF THE POEM | 39 |
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