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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... question is absurd . Can paintings or symphonies or statues be translated ? The question makes no sense in regard to the other arts . But art in language frustrates and tempts us . We can look at a statue and think our thoughts ...
... question is absurd . Can paintings or symphonies or statues be translated ? The question makes no sense in regard to the other arts . But art in language frustrates and tempts us . We can look at a statue and think our thoughts ...
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... question is the most disturbing challenge of the poem . In the second quatrain the author switches to questions . Notice how the poet , still keeping the image of the actual rape before our eyes , moves our mind away from concrete ...
... question is the most disturbing challenge of the poem . In the second quatrain the author switches to questions . Notice how the poet , still keeping the image of the actual rape before our eyes , moves our mind away from concrete ...
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... question to which the poem tends . Yes , Leda , caught up and mastered by the brute blood of the air , was impregnated with power , for the beauty of Helen moved ships if not mountains . God shares from time to time , in his brute in ...
... question to which the poem tends . Yes , Leda , caught up and mastered by the brute blood of the air , was impregnated with power , for the beauty of Helen moved ships if not mountains . God shares from time to time , in his brute in ...
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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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