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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... suggests that death is weak , we find that it is the slave of mighty and dreadful powers , and if we had one moment ... suggesting the cramps and writhings of stage deaths at Machiavellian hands ; then war's slaughter ; then the ...
... suggests that death is weak , we find that it is the slave of mighty and dreadful powers , and if we had one moment ... suggesting the cramps and writhings of stage deaths at Machiavellian hands ; then war's slaughter ; then the ...
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... suggests the organic nature and primordial sprawl of naked experience . For the creator , experience , or material , is something which may be used in fulfilling design ; form , order , proportion - these are aspects of truth ultimately ...
... suggests the organic nature and primordial sprawl of naked experience . For the creator , experience , or material , is something which may be used in fulfilling design ; form , order , proportion - these are aspects of truth ultimately ...
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... suggesting the ugliness of our primal functions , in con- trast to what we imagine our lives to be . I take it that ... suggests the human reference with perhaps just a phrase somewhere ( “ like me ” ) to tip off , light up , all those ...
... suggesting the ugliness of our primal functions , in con- trast to what we imagine our lives to be . I take it that ... suggests the human reference with perhaps just a phrase somewhere ( “ like me ” ) to tip off , light up , all those ...
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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