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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... common sense , utility , improvement by practice , decency , relevance and intelli- gence . Poetry is , by definition , thus , lacking in common sense , impolite , untrue , useless , of no conceivable importance to human life , and ...
... common sense , utility , improvement by practice , decency , relevance and intelli- gence . Poetry is , by definition , thus , lacking in common sense , impolite , untrue , useless , of no conceivable importance to human life , and ...
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... common line lengths in English poetry are from three stresses to six . One or two stress lines have almost a trick effect : And find What wind Serves to advance an honest mind . A seven stress line ( although it used to be popular ) ...
... common line lengths in English poetry are from three stresses to six . One or two stress lines have almost a trick effect : And find What wind Serves to advance an honest mind . A seven stress line ( although it used to be popular ) ...
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... common in the twen- tieth century . Finally , of course , the poem ends with a complex play on the word see : most simply , " I could not see my way clear to or manage - to see , " but the suggestion is of levels of ex- perience , of ...
... common in the twen- tieth century . Finally , of course , the poem ends with a complex play on the word see : most simply , " I could not see my way clear to or manage - to see , " but the suggestion is of levels of ex- perience , of ...
Contents
FOOTHILLS OF PARNASSUSOR WHY BOTHER? | 14 |
Six Senses of the Poet | 20 |
Pole Vaulting Does Not Require an Individual Style | 34 |
Copyright | |
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accent alliteration amateur anapest beat become begin better bird cadence century clichés color complex conventional counterstatement couplet course critical death deliberately diction Donne doublevision dramatic Dryden Dylan Thomas E. E. Cummings effect Emily Dickinson emotional English example experience eyes fact feeling feminine rhymes free verse Frost give hear humor iamb iambic iambic pentameter imagine imply kind language less light literary look Marianne Moore meaning metaphor meter metrical mind Miniver Miniver Cheevy mystery never notice pattern pentameter perhaps phrase poem poet poet's poetic prose quatrain reader reason rhyme rhythm satire seems sense sentence Shakespeare shape sleep sonnet soul sound spondees stanza statement stress suggest sure sweet syllables symbols thing thou thought thump tion tone trochees units values variety verse voice W. B. Yeats Westron words writing poetry Yeats