The Poet and the PoemA discussion of the poet's inherent attitudes, the more technical matters of verse writing, and the application of principles to actual practice. |
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... Notice the weakening effect of the pattern , like the unsteady beat- ing of a heart , the intervals between beats being moments of anx- ious waiting - as for the other shoe to drop , the heart to beat once more . The more little ...
... Notice the weakening effect of the pattern , like the unsteady beat- ing of a heart , the intervals between beats being moments of anx- ious waiting - as for the other shoe to drop , the heart to beat once more . The more little ...
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... notice , you can't do it the other way around : WORN out - unless worn is clearly antithetical to some other word : " I didn't say I was born out of wedlock ; I said I was worn out with wedlock " -a sentence requiring displaced stresses ...
... notice , you can't do it the other way around : WORN out - unless worn is clearly antithetical to some other word : " I didn't say I was born out of wedlock ; I said I was worn out with wedlock " -a sentence requiring displaced stresses ...
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... Notice that it is not spelling but sound that matters ; and , in fact , rhymes are more interesting when the spelling is different . If the last accented syllables begin as well as conclude with the same sound you have an identical ...
... Notice that it is not spelling but sound that matters ; and , in fact , rhymes are more interesting when the spelling is different . If the last accented syllables begin as well as conclude with the same sound you have an identical ...
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