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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Earl Richardson Knapp Daniels. his appearance , for his nidding , nodding seems to tell of friendliness . But the ... telling effectiveness . No poet should carry unreality so far as to tax imaginative be- lief until his story becomes ...
Earl Richardson Knapp Daniels. his appearance , for his nidding , nodding seems to tell of friendliness . But the ... telling effectiveness . No poet should carry unreality so far as to tax imaginative be- lief until his story becomes ...
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... tell ; these are the essential requirements of narrative . Leave out the question of how the story is told , the technique , and that is all there is to it : impulse to tell , and impulse to listen are the source of myth and legend gray ...
... tell ; these are the essential requirements of narrative . Leave out the question of how the story is told , the technique , and that is all there is to it : impulse to tell , and impulse to listen are the source of myth and legend gray ...
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... tell me where is Madeline , " said he , " O tell me , Angela , by the holy loom Which none but secret sisterhood may see , When they St. Agnes ' wool are weaving piously . " " St. Agnes ! Ah ! it is St. Agnes ' Eve- Yet men will murder ...
... tell me where is Madeline , " said he , " O tell me , Angela , by the holy loom Which none but secret sisterhood may see , When they St. Agnes ' wool are weaving piously . " " St. Agnes ! Ah ! it is St. Agnes ' Eve- Yet men will murder ...
Contents
OUTLINE FOR A DEFENSE | 1 |
LIONS IN THE PATH | 23 |
THE READING AND THE READINGS OF THE POEM | 39 |
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