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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... poet's message , so far as he has a message for the individual , is a message to the individual not in his private and peculiar selfhood , but in his representative capacity as a normal human being , as a man ; it is part of the ...
... poet's message , so far as he has a message for the individual , is a message to the individual not in his private and peculiar selfhood , but in his representative capacity as a normal human being , as a man ; it is part of the ...
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... poet's attitude by noticing the word placid and asking , " What reason might there be for wanting to throw a stone ... poet would break placidity , and break stiffness ; but ironically her action results in turning the water's fluidity ...
... poet's attitude by noticing the word placid and asking , " What reason might there be for wanting to throw a stone ... poet would break placidity , and break stiffness ; but ironically her action results in turning the water's fluidity ...
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... poet's relief at release from the darkness of Hell in which , figuratively , he has been confined by the material of Books I and II . Though descent to the infernal regions is dark , though return is hard and rare for mortal man ...
... poet's relief at release from the darkness of Hell in which , figuratively , he has been confined by the material of Books I and II . Though descent to the infernal regions is dark , though return is hard and rare for mortal man ...
Contents
OUTLINE FOR A DEFENSE | 1 |
LIONS IN THE PATH | 23 |
THE READING AND THE READINGS OF THE POEM | 39 |
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