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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... verse is frequently like improvisation at the piano : scraps of a variety of tunes keep boiling up in the soup . Most commonly , free verse uses phrase - determined lines and this , it seems to me , is monotonous , as in the distortion ...
... verse is frequently like improvisation at the piano : scraps of a variety of tunes keep boiling up in the soup . Most commonly , free verse uses phrase - determined lines and this , it seems to me , is monotonous , as in the distortion ...
Page 171
... verse . T. S. Eliot , in his essay on Kipling , suggests some lines along which a distinction may be made : verse is relatively more rhythmic , puts more emphasis on rhyme , is more readily comprehensible , and is apt to be lighter in ...
... verse . T. S. Eliot , in his essay on Kipling , suggests some lines along which a distinction may be made : verse is relatively more rhythmic , puts more emphasis on rhyme , is more readily comprehensible , and is apt to be lighter in ...
Page 173
... verse is almost impossible to come by , but there are some commercial outlets which have a steady enough demand to employ people with a facility with verse forms . Chief of these , of course , are the greeting - card publishers ...
... verse is almost impossible to come by , but there are some commercial outlets which have a steady enough demand to employ people with a facility with verse forms . Chief of these , of course , are the greeting - card publishers ...
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