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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... written for an audience , is less than art , less than poetry . Art has seldom flourished on the desert island of a solitary castaway ! Of course , poets who talk to themselves sometimes transform their solitude into beautiful and ...
... written for an audience , is less than art , less than poetry . Art has seldom flourished on the desert island of a solitary castaway ! Of course , poets who talk to themselves sometimes transform their solitude into beautiful and ...
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... written are usually lacking in even the appearance of spontaneity , so that if spontaneity be a necessity , without which poetry cannot be , there is at once an end of arguing . But I know no law which declares spontaneity to be ...
... written are usually lacking in even the appearance of spontaneity , so that if spontaneity be a necessity , without which poetry cannot be , there is at once an end of arguing . But I know no law which declares spontaneity to be ...
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... written prepare the reader to accept it ? Suppose it were written in the manner of " Rose Aylmer " or " A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal . " What is the effect of the frequent double rimes , especially in lines 22 and 24 ? Why " little ...
... written prepare the reader to accept it ? Suppose it were written in the manner of " Rose Aylmer " or " A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal . " What is the effect of the frequent double rimes , especially in lines 22 and 24 ? Why " little ...
Contents
OUTLINE FOR A DEFENSE | 1 |
LIONS IN THE PATH | 23 |
THE READING AND THE READINGS OF THE POEM | 39 |
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