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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... look on professionals as sweethearts look on courtesans . ( And , actually , the analogy is illuminating in many ways . ) You may classify yourself , now , in one group or the other . A hack is more nearly a poet than an amateur . Like ...
... look on professionals as sweethearts look on courtesans . ( And , actually , the analogy is illuminating in many ways . ) You may classify yourself , now , in one group or the other . A hack is more nearly a poet than an amateur . Like ...
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... look at them is no transgression . But the owner , like the horse , is apt to be of a utilitarian disposition , and also likely to think it queer to see a man stop to watch woods fill up . The narrator seems uneasy about - perhaps even ...
... look at them is no transgression . But the owner , like the horse , is apt to be of a utilitarian disposition , and also likely to think it queer to see a man stop to watch woods fill up . The narrator seems uneasy about - perhaps even ...
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... Look at the parallelism of Thomas's " The Force That Through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower " ; we tolerate the difficulties because they fall into place in a very clear and simple pattern . Obscurity is the easy part . The problem is ...
... Look at the parallelism of Thomas's " The Force That Through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower " ; we tolerate the difficulties because they fall into place in a very clear and simple pattern . Obscurity is the easy part . The problem is ...
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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