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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... write a column or two which did not show how you and your Aunt Mabel can write poetry and sell it , but which argued , instead , that to write good poetry was nearly impossible , offered almost no chance of success and less of profit ...
... write a column or two which did not show how you and your Aunt Mabel can write poetry and sell it , but which argued , instead , that to write good poetry was nearly impossible , offered almost no chance of success and less of profit ...
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... write light verse , " as though your squibbles were not to be com- pared ( they will not be ) with " The Miller's Tale " or " Absalom and Achitophel " or " The Dunciad " or Byron's " Don Juan " -or even with the work of Phyllis McGinley ...
... write light verse , " as though your squibbles were not to be com- pared ( they will not be ) with " The Miller's Tale " or " Absalom and Achitophel " or " The Dunciad " or Byron's " Don Juan " -or even with the work of Phyllis McGinley ...
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... write good poetry ? Well , a surgeon needn't know the names of organs to cut and patch them effectively ; but most ... write ta - TUM ta - TUM eternally . But knowledge does help if you hope to write three or four dimensional lines like ...
... write good poetry ? Well , a surgeon needn't know the names of organs to cut and patch them effectively ; but most ... write ta - TUM ta - TUM eternally . But knowledge does help if you hope to write three or four dimensional lines like ...
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