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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... believe it takes long ) with a composition they are not embarrassed to post successively to every professional judge of poetry in the country . But astonish- ment wears off . I wish poets would apply one minimal criterion : that they ...
... believe it takes long ) with a composition they are not embarrassed to post successively to every professional judge of poetry in the country . But astonish- ment wears off . I wish poets would apply one minimal criterion : that they ...
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... believe . You do not believe the " message , " necessarily . You believe the art . Rhythm works so subtly on the consciousness that we have to make some effort to see it ; but it is the fabric of the poem , and we may be forgiven , in ...
... believe . You do not believe the " message , " necessarily . You believe the art . Rhythm works so subtly on the consciousness that we have to make some effort to see it ; but it is the fabric of the poem , and we may be forgiven , in ...
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... believe , but that we believe too freely and effusively . Our century is more like a gusher than a valley of dry bones . Visions of sugar plums ( per- haps to our shame ) are more familiar to us than those of bones in a " low dry ...
... believe , but that we believe too freely and effusively . Our century is more like a gusher than a valley of dry bones . Visions of sugar plums ( per- haps to our shame ) are more familiar to us than those of bones in a " low dry ...
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