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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... verse meters , and can mechanically chop lines into so - called feet , but beyond an awareness that Milton's " On ... verse foot , need never scan , in the word's accepted sense , a line of verse , in order to enjoy poetry as it was ...
... verse meters , and can mechanically chop lines into so - called feet , but beyond an awareness that Milton's " On ... verse foot , need never scan , in the word's accepted sense , a line of verse , in order to enjoy poetry as it was ...
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... verse , heroic couplet , terza rima : all these are likely to be hindrance and confusion rather than help in understanding the music of verse . We should be better off without them . Many are survivals from the terminology of Greek and ...
... verse , heroic couplet , terza rima : all these are likely to be hindrance and confusion rather than help in understanding the music of verse . We should be better off without them . Many are survivals from the terminology of Greek and ...
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... verse technique , and in the historical and comparative aspects of the development of the science of verse , knowl- edge of the intricacies of versification undoubtedly has value , little is to be said for this sort of study for most ...
... verse technique , and in the historical and comparative aspects of the development of the science of verse , knowl- edge of the intricacies of versification undoubtedly has value , little is to be said for this sort of study for most ...
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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