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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... 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 BIRDS SANG ...
... 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 BIRDS SANG ...
Page 55
... rhythm being present in the reader's mind , just as the musician can depend upon his audience's familiarity with the diatonic scale ( which may be artificial , but it has been around so long that in our civilization it sounds like ...
... rhythm being present in the reader's mind , just as the musician can depend upon his audience's familiarity with the diatonic scale ( which may be artificial , but it has been around so long that in our civilization it sounds like ...
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... rhythm , and plain sense . Convention is , by and large , something poets cannot do without and is the source of strength of great poems . Attitudes like the now repugnant sentimentality and self - conscious folksiness of " Home " go ...
... rhythm , and plain sense . Convention is , by and large , something poets cannot do without and is the source of strength of great poems . Attitudes like the now repugnant sentimentality and self - conscious folksiness of " Home " go ...
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