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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... metaphor . Metaphor is to poetry as the soul is to man , and the word soul is a complex concept , too , usu- ally apprehended through other metaphors such as spirit , ghost or angel . We rarely know what is , and we approximate by ...
... metaphor . Metaphor is to poetry as the soul is to man , and the word soul is a complex concept , too , usu- ally apprehended through other metaphors such as spirit , ghost or angel . We rarely know what is , and we approximate by ...
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... metaphor is bound to be real , the other imagined or imaginary . A less theological explanation of the nature of metaphor than that given by Raphael may be found in science . Scientists seem to have given up saying directly what is ...
... metaphor is bound to be real , the other imagined or imaginary . A less theological explanation of the nature of metaphor than that given by Raphael may be found in science . Scientists seem to have given up saying directly what is ...
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... metaphor than " I love you as a pig loves mud , " or Donne's comment on souls in love : If they be two , they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two ; In relatively classical periods more harmonious , more easily ac- ceptable metaphors ...
... metaphor than " I love you as a pig loves mud , " or Donne's comment on souls in love : If they be two , they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two ; In relatively classical periods more harmonious , more easily ac- ceptable metaphors ...
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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