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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Page 166
... important ones . Once Mr. Rago said to me , about the work of a friend , " He doesn't know how to finish a poem , " and it is the unfinished , the incompletely realized poem which is perhaps most exasperating to an editor . For ...
... important ones . Once Mr. Rago said to me , about the work of a friend , " He doesn't know how to finish a poem , " and it is the unfinished , the incompletely realized poem which is perhaps most exasperating to an editor . For ...
Page 173
... important for any poet to be heard , to be read , of course ; but if you write good poetry you will not stifle for lack of publication . The periodicals of highest quality are flexible enough to respond to true and important talent of ...
... important for any poet to be heard , to be read , of course ; but if you write good poetry you will not stifle for lack of publication . The periodicals of highest quality are flexible enough to respond to true and important talent of ...
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... important as it is as an underlying meas- ure . The tick tock of alternating meter , iambic verse , underlies all English poetry . The actual rhythm demanded by sense and rhetoric is , as it were , a comment on that substructure . If ...
... important as it is as an underlying meas- ure . The tick tock of alternating meter , iambic verse , underlies all English poetry . The actual rhythm demanded by sense and rhetoric is , as it were , a comment on that substructure . If ...
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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