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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... matter , with less art , " " easy as lying , " " speak daggers , " " the hey - day in the blood , " " coinage of your brain , " " cruel , only to be kind , " " hoist with his own petard , " " Sweets to the sweet , " " yeoman's service ...
... matter , with less art , " " easy as lying , " " speak daggers , " " the hey - day in the blood , " " coinage of your brain , " " cruel , only to be kind , " " hoist with his own petard , " " Sweets to the sweet , " " yeoman's service ...
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... matter in the least , whether the poet means to speak in his own voice or has adopted a persona , given the words to some imagined speaker ; it is safer to assume the latter ) . I tells us someone is making a personal statement . It ...
... matter in the least , whether the poet means to speak in his own voice or has adopted a persona , given the words to some imagined speaker ; it is safer to assume the latter ) . I tells us someone is making a personal statement . It ...
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... matter and limitations of space ; but these more often serve as rationalizations for poets who do not want to face the fact that they simply have not had an idea which can make a poem or , having had such an idea , have not brought it ...
... matter and limitations of space ; but these more often serve as rationalizations for poets who do not want to face the fact that they simply have not had an idea which can make a poem or , having had such an idea , have not brought it ...
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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