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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... human lungs and throat , the characteristic tones and ca- dences of human personality . There is no guidance for the excep- tional ; geniuses , please go your own way . But the rest of us would be wise , I think , to let our poems ...
... human lungs and throat , the characteristic tones and ca- dences of human personality . There is no guidance for the excep- tional ; geniuses , please go your own way . But the rest of us would be wise , I think , to let our poems ...
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... human affairs . The violation of Leda was like that of a pond by a stone , with splash , movement , color and concentric ripples of diminishing force . Thus all creativity . Thus all interference of the divine in animal order . For ...
... human affairs . The violation of Leda was like that of a pond by a stone , with splash , movement , color and concentric ripples of diminishing force . Thus all creativity . Thus all interference of the divine in animal order . For ...
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... human implications about this buz- zard . That phrase , “ eating rot beside the road , " is a fine one for enlarging , suggesting the ugliness of our primal functions , in con- trast to what we imagine our lives to be . I take it that ...
... human implications about this buz- zard . That phrase , “ eating rot beside the road , " is a fine one for enlarging , suggesting the ugliness of our primal functions , in con- trast to what we imagine our lives to be . I take it that ...
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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