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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... poet's sense of language leads him to sweat rather than perspire , to love rather than experience affection , to eat ... poet prefers to play with nouns and verbs - and no cards wild . But words alone are a minor concern of the sense of ...
... poet's sense of language leads him to sweat rather than perspire , to love rather than experience affection , to eat ... poet prefers to play with nouns and verbs - and no cards wild . But words alone are a minor concern of the sense of ...
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... poetic elements as decoration , as some sugar sweetening of a prose pill of meaning . And for them , the poet's preoccupation with words , sounds , rhythms , artful phrasing , figures , images , is apt to seem faintly corrupt , like the ...
... poetic elements as decoration , as some sugar sweetening of a prose pill of meaning . And for them , the poet's preoccupation with words , sounds , rhythms , artful phrasing , figures , images , is apt to seem faintly corrupt , like the ...
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... poet's work again . When a poet becomes what we call " known , " it is by the editors and fellow poets ; or , anyway , that is the reputation which counts . Most of the major publishers bring out a volume or more of poetry a year . ( A ...
... poet's work again . When a poet becomes what we call " known , " it is by the editors and fellow poets ; or , anyway , that is the reputation which counts . Most of the major publishers bring out a volume or more of poetry a year . ( A ...
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