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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... look on professionals as sweethearts look on courtesans . ( And , actually , the analogy is illuminating in many ways . ) You may classify yourself , now , in one group or the other . A hack is more nearly a poet than an amateur . Like ...
... look on professionals as sweethearts look on courtesans . ( And , actually , the analogy is illuminating in many ways . ) You may classify yourself , now , in one group or the other . A hack is more nearly a poet than an amateur . Like ...
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... Look at the parallelism of Thomas's " The Force That Through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower " ; we tolerate the difficulties because they fall into place in a very clear and simple pattern . Obscurity is the easy part . The problem is ...
... Look at the parallelism of Thomas's " The Force That Through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower " ; we tolerate the difficulties because they fall into place in a very clear and simple pattern . Obscurity is the easy part . The problem is ...
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... look like Olson , and Olson ( now we are farther ) begins to look like Wilbur , and Wilbur ( God ! what distance ! ) begins to look like Whitman , and Whitman ( I think we had better stop here , where the stars blur into a Milky Way ) looks ...
... look like Olson , and Olson ( now we are farther ) begins to look like Wilbur , and Wilbur ( God ! what distance ! ) begins to look like Whitman , and Whitman ( I think we had better stop here , where the stars blur into a Milky Way ) looks ...
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