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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... rhythm , sound , pace , symbolism , to create for us a pattern of emotional reactions which may or may not mean some- thing in the real world . You are free , after you have read the poem , to say Yeats made it all up . He never saw any ...
... rhythm , sound , pace , symbolism , to create for us a pattern of emotional reactions which may or may not mean some- thing in the real world . You are free , after you have read the poem , to say Yeats made it all up . He never saw any ...
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... rhythm being present in the reader's 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 ...
... rhythm being present in the reader's 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 ...
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... rhythm , and plain sense . Convention is , by and large , something poets cannot do without and is the source of strength of great poems . Attitudes like the now repugnant sentimentality and self - conscious folksiness of " Home " go ...
... rhythm , and plain sense . Convention is , by and large , something poets cannot do without and is the source of strength of great poems . Attitudes like the now repugnant sentimentality and self - conscious folksiness of " Home " go ...
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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