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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... mind , just as the musician can depend upon his audience's familiarity with the diatonic scale ( which may be artificial , but it has been around so long that in our civilization it sounds like nature ) . Donne needn't remind us too ...
... mind , just as the musician can depend upon his audience's familiarity with the diatonic scale ( which may be artificial , but it has been around so long that in our civilization it sounds like nature ) . Donne needn't remind us too ...
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... mind is whole your poem will somehow be whole , though you ( like Donne ) get geometric compasses , gold foil , cosmology , geology and religion side by side . Let your mind range widely and digest everything . Digestion is the opposite ...
... mind is whole your poem will somehow be whole , though you ( like Donne ) get geometric compasses , gold foil , cosmology , geology and religion side by side . Let your mind range widely and digest everything . Digestion is the opposite ...
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... mind goes to seeking other meanings in the lines , for you are seeking the mind of the playwright : why did he select this event for me to see ? why did he make them say these things ? what does he mean ? what is he saying to me ? It is ...
... mind goes to seeking other meanings in the lines , for you are seeking the mind of the playwright : why did he select this event for me to see ? why did he make them say these things ? what does he mean ? what is he saying to me ? It 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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