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 personality and experience have in his poem— questions of tone , of design , of selection of ideas and the varieties of poetic materials . I have no intention of being elementary . I assume my readers have experience and opinions ...
... poet's personality and experience have in his poem— questions of tone , of design , of selection of ideas and the varieties of poetic materials . I have no intention of being elementary . I assume my readers have experience and opinions ...
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... poetic to the least poetic : advertisement extrapolate nightingale sallow lavender puissance onomatopoeia deoxidize ere ear Wait ! If you are about to toss the book aside in exasperation , you may have talent after all . No word is ...
... poetic to the least poetic : advertisement extrapolate nightingale sallow lavender puissance onomatopoeia deoxidize ere ear Wait ! If you are about to toss the book aside in exasperation , you may have talent after all . No word is ...
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... poetic by the sheer fact of its poetic employ- ment . Theories of poetic diction become deadly when they pre- tend to legislate the language which ought and ought not to occur in all poetry , when they assume that the adjective poetic ...
... poetic by the sheer fact of its poetic employ- ment . Theories of poetic diction become deadly when they pre- tend to legislate the language which ought and ought not to occur in all poetry , when they assume that the adjective poetic ...
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