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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... critical , and in moments of greatest serenity or most intense pleasure , smiling is less probable than tears . ) When we are sharply aware of a disproportion , an ab- surdity , a critical inadequacy , an unexpected accuracy , a ...
... critical , and in moments of greatest serenity or most intense pleasure , smiling is less probable than tears . ) When we are sharply aware of a disproportion , an ab- surdity , a critical inadequacy , an unexpected accuracy , a ...
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... critical a distortion as our flesh is heir to ; but a poet gets no- where with shrill insistence that his subject is important . That phrase , cluttered eye , is , in fact , a bit pompous or so it will seem when we've finished hanging ...
... critical a distortion as our flesh is heir to ; but a poet gets no- where with shrill insistence that his subject is important . That phrase , cluttered eye , is , in fact , a bit pompous or so it will seem when we've finished hanging ...
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... critical or merely mean . ) The heroic couplet , rhymed pairs of closed , balanced , antitheti- cal and smoothly modulated pentameter lines , proved , of course , the perfect medium for the greatest age of English satire . It is still a ...
... critical or merely mean . ) The heroic couplet , rhymed pairs of closed , balanced , antitheti- cal and smoothly modulated pentameter lines , proved , of course , the perfect medium for the greatest age of English satire . It is still a ...
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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