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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... critical , and in moments of greatest serenity or most intense pleasure , smiling is less probable than tears . ) When we are sharply aware of a disproportion , an ab- surdity , a critical inadequacy , an unexpected accuracy , a ...
... critical , and in moments of greatest serenity or most intense pleasure , smiling is less probable than tears . ) When we are sharply aware of a disproportion , an ab- surdity , a critical inadequacy , an unexpected accuracy , a ...
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... critical of posturing and false emotion , of cliché and merely decorative elaboration . Once a reader so begins to measure a poet's mind , the poet has lost him . He has lost control of tone . E. A. Robinson is stating exactly the same ...
... critical of posturing and false emotion , of cliché and merely decorative elaboration . Once a reader so begins to measure a poet's mind , the poet has lost him . He has lost control of tone . E. A. Robinson is stating exactly the same ...
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... critical a distortion as our flesh is heir to ; but a poet gets no- where with shrill insistence that his subject is important . That phrase , cluttered eye , is , in fact , a bit pompous or so it will seem when we've finished hanging ...
... critical a distortion as our flesh is heir to ; but a poet gets no- where with shrill insistence that his subject is important . That phrase , cluttered eye , is , in fact , a bit pompous or so it will seem when we've finished hanging ...
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