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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... Hear Dryden and Pope on the subject of dullness as darkness , wit as light . Dryden says : Some Beams of Wit on other souls may fall , Strike through and make a lucid intervall ; But Shadwell's genuine night admits no ray , His rising ...
... Hear Dryden and Pope on the subject of dullness as darkness , wit as light . Dryden says : Some Beams of Wit on other souls may fall , Strike through and make a lucid intervall ; But Shadwell's genuine night admits no ray , His rising ...
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... hear that rhythm , although we wouldn't read the poem that way . Let a drum in your imagination keep the ta - TUM beat while you read against the background with the stresses sense demands : BARE RU in'd CHOIRS where LATE the SWEET ...
... hear that rhythm , although we wouldn't read the poem that way . Let a drum in your imagination keep the ta - TUM beat while you read against the background with the stresses sense demands : BARE RU in'd CHOIRS where LATE the SWEET ...
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... hear it differently ; but surely , it would be a lighter stress than those on think'st and throw . At any rate , we ... hears or perceives . As a poet , you want your scansion to be a test : does the passage dissolve into prose ? is it ...
... hear it differently ; but surely , it would be a lighter stress than those on think'st and throw . At any rate , we ... hears or perceives . As a poet , you want your scansion to be a test : does the passage dissolve into prose ? is it ...
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