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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... truth that can be felt between the fingers and counted , has particularly been the ob- session of poets of our time — as when Elizabeth Bishop looks at a fish , half out of the water : I admired his sullen face , the mechanism of his ...
... truth that can be felt between the fingers and counted , has particularly been the ob- session of poets of our time — as when Elizabeth Bishop looks at a fish , half out of the water : I admired his sullen face , the mechanism of his ...
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... truth ? Since when has the truth ( i.e. , historical truth ) ever been enough ? Your job is to make life better by showing not what it has been but can be . Hearing then what may be only a chance combination of words , " the cluttered ...
... truth ? Since when has the truth ( i.e. , historical truth ) ever been enough ? Your job is to make life better by showing not what it has been but can be . Hearing then what may be only a chance combination of words , " the cluttered ...
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... truth , for poets have a large share of the responsibility for the anarchy of values , lack of communication , their own separation from society , the misuse of means of communication , and they have done very little to educate the ...
... truth , for poets have a large share of the responsibility for the anarchy of values , lack of communication , their own separation from society , the misuse of means of communication , and they have done very little to educate the ...
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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