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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... better than thy stroake " ; but now it is the sleep of drugs , the spells of witch- craft , which are , ironically , " better " than death's stroke . " Stroake " is a strong and sinister word , ending the argument , as it were , for the ...
... better than thy stroake " ; but now it is the sleep of drugs , the spells of witch- craft , which are , ironically , " better " than death's stroke . " Stroake " is a strong and sinister word , ending the argument , as it were , for the ...
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... better established " little " magazines such as CONTACT , PRAIRIE SCHOONER and BELOIT POETRY JOURNAL . One guide to such periodicals is the credit lists in volumes of new poetry by poets you admire . Pay , of course , is no criterion ...
... better established " little " magazines such as CONTACT , PRAIRIE SCHOONER and BELOIT POETRY JOURNAL . One guide to such periodicals is the credit lists in volumes of new poetry by poets you admire . Pay , of course , is no criterion ...
Page 193
... better writers . Kafka and Dostoevsky may have derived artistic benefit from their diseases , but we need not rush out to contract tuber- culosis or epilepsy . Sickness is still something to be overcome , not to be achieved . It is ...
... better writers . Kafka and Dostoevsky may have derived artistic benefit from their diseases , but we need not rush out to contract tuber- culosis or epilepsy . Sickness is still something to be overcome , not to be achieved . It is ...
Contents
FOOTHILLS OF PARNASSUSOR WHY BOTHER? | 14 |
Six Senses of the Poet | 20 |
Pole Vaulting Does Not Require an Individual Style | 34 |
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