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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... whole poem is rather funny . But the sheer exuberance is moving even as it is silly , perhaps because it is silly , as we are convinced that no critical faculty whatsoever constrained the fertile fancy . Such excess may not tell us much ...
... whole poem is rather funny . But the sheer exuberance is moving even as it is silly , perhaps because it is silly , as we are convinced that no critical faculty whatsoever constrained the fertile fancy . Such excess may not tell us much ...
Page 105
... whole stanzas , hardly whole lines . The term " poetry of statement " has been used to describe the work of poets such as Dryden , even Tennyson , but this is merely a mark of insensitivity on the part of the reader who fails to see ...
... whole stanzas , hardly whole lines . The term " poetry of statement " has been used to describe the work of poets such as Dryden , even Tennyson , but this is merely a mark of insensitivity on the part of the reader who fails to see ...
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... whole grandeur and catastrophe of human affairs . The violation of Leda was like that of a pond by a stone , with splash , movement , color and concentric ripples of diminishing force . Thus all creativity . Thus all interference of the ...
... whole grandeur and catastrophe of human affairs . The violation of Leda was like that of a pond by a stone , with splash , movement , color and concentric ripples of diminishing force . Thus all creativity . Thus all interference of the ...
Contents
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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