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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... sometimes with two , sometimes three , once with four light beats coming between the heavy beats which open and close the unit . Thus the turning motion of the first line is continued by metrical echo in such phrases as : FAL con can ...
... sometimes with two , sometimes three , once with four light beats coming between the heavy beats which open and close the unit . Thus the turning motion of the first line is continued by metrical echo in such phrases as : FAL con can ...
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... sometimes be difficult or impossible to make . He doesn't , faced with ambiguity , throw up his hands and abandon knowledge . Poets sometimes do . Sometimes they excuse themselves by associating meter with regularity , whereas it is ...
... sometimes be difficult or impossible to make . He doesn't , faced with ambiguity , throw up his hands and abandon knowledge . Poets sometimes do . Sometimes they excuse themselves by associating meter with regularity , whereas it is ...
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... sometimes at the expense of his emotion , and the verse becomes more ratiocinative , penetrating , analytical . If you use formal apostrophe and hortatory tones your poetry be- comes elevated - sometimes inappropriately so , and sometimes ...
... sometimes at the expense of his emotion , and the verse becomes more ratiocinative , penetrating , analytical . If you use formal apostrophe and hortatory tones your poetry be- comes elevated - sometimes inappropriately so , and sometimes ...
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