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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... shape of experience - no matter what is coming . He wants us to feel : Look out ! The Second Coming ! Hardly are those words out When a vast image out of Spiritus Mundi Troubles my sight : somewhere . ( And don't worry about what ...
... shape of experience - no matter what is coming . He wants us to feel : Look out ! The Second Coming ! Hardly are those words out When a vast image out of Spiritus Mundi Troubles my sight : somewhere . ( And don't worry about what ...
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... shape , that bearing down on the particular , which seems to me comparable to a scientific formula . It is the shape of an experience which you can imitate physically by flinging your arms out , your head back , then , symetrically ...
... shape , that bearing down on the particular , which seems to me comparable to a scientific formula . It is the shape of an experience which you can imitate physically by flinging your arms out , your head back , then , symetrically ...
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... shape , too , the movement from the personal , intimate , particular , to the wide sweep of the vague and general , might well serve as a formula for a poem , the shape of a different kind of experience . Both the concrete and abstract ...
... shape , too , the movement from the personal , intimate , particular , to the wide sweep of the vague and general , might well serve as a formula for a poem , the shape of a different kind of experience . Both the concrete and abstract ...
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