The Groundwork of Criticism: Judging PoetryOxford University Press, 1947 - 175 pages |
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Page 11
... nature of poetry . Poetry , he considers , should be an accurate reflec- tion of human life and experience , that is ... natural function of the poet , another , Louis Macneice , sees in the poet's sincerity , his preoccupation with ...
... nature of poetry . Poetry , he considers , should be an accurate reflec- tion of human life and experience , that is ... natural function of the poet , another , Louis Macneice , sees in the poet's sincerity , his preoccupation with ...
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... natural beauty and beauty derived from the shop . As a metaphor for natural beauty ' drest ' is a little forced and inappropriate . The meta- phor of the ' shop that Nature's white hand sets ope ' is decidedly strained and unnatural ...
... natural beauty and beauty derived from the shop . As a metaphor for natural beauty ' drest ' is a little forced and inappropriate . The meta- phor of the ' shop that Nature's white hand sets ope ' is decidedly strained and unnatural ...
Page 77
... natural scene , the mystic hush of Nature as the sun , too , sinks low . Not only the images but the movement of the lines and the vowel and consonantal sounds are in complete harmony . 4. Down the road someone is practising scales ...
... natural scene , the mystic hush of Nature as the sun , too , sinks low . Not only the images but the movement of the lines and the vowel and consonantal sounds are in complete harmony . 4. Down the road someone is practising scales ...
Contents
WHAT IS POETRY? EXERCISES | 7 |
KINDS OF POETRY | 19 |
INFLUENCES IV WORDS V IMAGERY EXERCISES VI SWING EXERCISES 7 19 | 37 |
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ALEXANDER POPE alley anapaests bear beauty breath Cheddar Pinks conceit dactyl daffodils dance dark darling dead death doth dreams dying earth echoes Elegy emotive example expression eyes Faerie Queene fancy feel feet figurative language flowers following passage following poem foot Hamlet hath hear heart heaven human iambic idea imagery images inverted stress LAURENCE BINYON light lines lives LORD TENNYSON Lycidas lyric maid MATTHEW ARNOLD metaphor metre mind moon narrative poems nature ne'er o'er pale phrase plays poet poet's poetry questions printed Read carefully rhyme rhythm ROBERT ROBERT BURNS round Sally satiric scene sense Shakespeare's sing sleep song sonnet soul sound speech spirit spondee stanza stars STEPHEN SPENDER stressed syllable strong stress suggests sweet T. S. Eliot thee theme thine things thou thought trochees unstressed verse W. B. Yeats Wilfred Owen WILLIAM WORDSWORTH wind words