The Art of Reading PoetryI do not believe that poetry is mysterious or esoteric. It is for all who can read, who can call words, who have rhythm enough, by nature, so that a jazz orchestra sets feet and hands in motion. Likewise, this invitation is to all. But it is, especially, invitation to those regretfully convinced that poetry is not for them, and to those who think they prefer the unequivocating directness of prose. It is invitation to labor, and after labor, entrance upon pleasure "not to be chang'd by place or time," the peculiar pleasure which poetry is. - Invitation to reading. |
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... contrast , implied contrast , ironic contrast . Irony arises in the difference between what a reader might normally expect and what he actually gets ; here between the comfort , domesticity , relaxation which ought to ac- company a well ...
... contrast , implied contrast , ironic contrast . Irony arises in the difference between what a reader might normally expect and what he actually gets ; here between the comfort , domesticity , relaxation which ought to ac- company a well ...
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... contrast ; in the other , the desertion of the murdered warrior and the utter faithlessness of those about him is dramatized by the same foreboding contrast . Here , it seems to me , the effect is even more powerful , so that we almost ...
... contrast ; in the other , the desertion of the murdered warrior and the utter faithlessness of those about him is dramatized by the same foreboding contrast . Here , it seems to me , the effect is even more powerful , so that we almost ...
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... Contrast and suggestion have much to do with it . Contrast is implied , for example , in the atmosphere of the king's castle which is set over against the busy scene on shipboard as the " mirry men " make ready for sailing ; in the ...
... Contrast and suggestion have much to do with it . Contrast is implied , for example , in the atmosphere of the king's castle which is set over against the busy scene on shipboard as the " mirry men " make ready for sailing ; in the ...
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OUTLINE FOR A DEFENSE | 1 |
LIONS IN THE PATH | 23 |
THE READING AND THE READINGS OF THE POEM | 39 |
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