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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... Perhaps someone should manufacture a Do - it - yourself Rejection Kit complete with a variety of slips and rubber - stamps for " Sorry " and " Try us again . " Surely most of this should be done at home . Remember , you are not trying ...
... Perhaps someone should manufacture a Do - it - yourself Rejection Kit complete with a variety of slips and rubber - stamps for " Sorry " and " Try us again . " Surely most of this should be done at home . Remember , you are not trying ...
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... perhaps , a tremor . Similar cases occur often enough in Shakespeare to assure us he is aware of the dramatic ... perhaps too pretty an autumn , a golden age . The speaker wants the pathos of age to be felt and so corrects himself grimly ...
... perhaps , a tremor . Similar cases occur often enough in Shakespeare to assure us he is aware of the dramatic ... perhaps too pretty an autumn , a golden age . The speaker wants the pathos of age to be felt and so corrects himself grimly ...
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... perhaps you had an illegible note signed H.R. Or perhaps an acceptance ; in that case you were asked for a photograph which is now filed alongside the faces of almost all the other American ( and many foreign ) poets of any worth who ...
... perhaps you had an illegible note signed H.R. Or perhaps an acceptance ; in that case you were asked for a photograph which is now filed alongside the faces of almost all the other American ( and many foreign ) poets of any worth who ...
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