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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 37
Page 47
... tone , cadence , intensity ? Is it coherent ( unless , of course , you are de- liberately portraying incoherency ) ? Now let someone else read it aloud to you . Have you guided him sufficiently with your phras- ing , diction ...
... tone , cadence , intensity ? Is it coherent ( unless , of course , you are de- liberately portraying incoherency ) ? Now let someone else read it aloud to you . Have you guided him sufficiently with your phras- ing , diction ...
Page 93
... tone is the central prob- lem in reading or writing literature and that failure to recognize humor is perhaps the commonest error in mistaking tone - whether it appears in a reader's failure to understand or a writer's failure to ...
... tone is the central prob- lem in reading or writing literature and that failure to recognize humor is perhaps the commonest error in mistaking tone - whether it appears in a reader's failure to understand or a writer's failure to ...
Page 102
... tone , given increased irony by the noble fanfare with which it is introduced and ended . As such , the poem seems ... Tone and mood are related , of course , but like a lightning bolt and a cloud . Tone is alive ; it accompanies ...
... tone , given increased irony by the noble fanfare with which it is introduced and ended . As such , the poem seems ... Tone and mood are related , of course , but like a lightning bolt and a cloud . Tone is alive ; it accompanies ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
alliteration American anapests beat begins better bird buzzard century color complex conventional counterstatement couplet course critical dark death diction doublevision dramatic Dryden Dylan Thomas E. E. Cummings editors effect Eliot Elizabeth Bishop Emily Dickinson emotional English example experience fact feeling feminine rhymes free verse Frost give hand human humor iamb iambic iambic pentameter imagine imply kind language less light literary look magazines Marianne Moore mean metaphor meter metrical mind Miniver Miniver Cheevy moon mystery never Notice pattern pentameter perhaps phrase poem poet poet's poetic prose quatrain reader reason rhyme rhythm satire satirist seems sense sentence Shakespeare shape sleep sonnet sound spondees stanza statement stress suggest sure syllables symbols T. S. Eliot thing thought thump tion tone trochees values variety verse Westron words writing poetry Yeats