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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... kind of town did Anyone live in ? Reverse a cliché , " How pretty ! " and you have the first clue : it is a town in which beauty is reduced to prettiness and eloquence to clichés . That kind of wrenching of the idiom of the streets is ...
... kind of town did Anyone live in ? Reverse a cliché , " How pretty ! " and you have the first clue : it is a town in which beauty is reduced to prettiness and eloquence to clichés . That kind of wrenching of the idiom of the streets is ...
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... kind of significance . I will discuss what seem to me several of these misconceptions . Most language is prose , and in prose , of course , meaning is primary . ( We might define prose as language which can be para- phrased without loss ...
... kind of significance . I will discuss what seem to me several of these misconceptions . Most language is prose , and in prose , of course , meaning is primary . ( We might define prose as language which can be para- phrased without loss ...
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... kind " of poetry , though many people seem to think so ; we print the poems we like that we think are good . Other periodicals may not be able to list such an auspicious group as examples , but most would like to be able to do so . If ...
... kind " of poetry , though many people seem to think so ; we print the poems we like that we think are good . Other periodicals may not be able to list such an auspicious group as examples , but most would like to be able to do so . If ...
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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