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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... Rose - drums weave- " I ran a donkey engine down there on the Canal in Panama - got tired of that- then Yucatan selling kitchenware - beads- have you seen ... ROSE drums wreathe the rose , the star floats 410 THE ART OF READING POETRY.
... Rose - drums weave- " I ran a donkey engine down there on the Canal in Panama - got tired of that- then Yucatan selling kitchenware - beads- have you seen ... ROSE drums wreathe the rose , the star floats 410 THE ART OF READING POETRY.
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... ROSE OF SUMMER ' Tis the last rose of summer Left blooming alone ; All her lovely companions Are faded and gone ; No flower of her kindred , No rose - bud is nigh , To reflect back her blushes , Or give sigh for sigh . I'll not leave ...
... ROSE OF SUMMER ' Tis the last rose of summer Left blooming alone ; All her lovely companions Are faded and gone ; No flower of her kindred , No rose - bud is nigh , To reflect back her blushes , Or give sigh for sigh . I'll not leave ...
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... rose must wither , As the rose - red seaweed that mocks the rose . Shall the dead take thought for the dead to love them ? What love was ever as deep as a grave ? They are loveless now as the grass above them Or the wave . All are at ...
... rose must wither , As the rose - red seaweed that mocks the rose . Shall the dead take thought for the dead to love them ? What love was ever as deep as a grave ? They are loveless now as the grass above them Or the wave . All are at ...
Contents
OUTLINE FOR A DEFENSE | 1 |
LIONS IN THE PATH | 23 |
THE READING AND THE READINGS OF THE POEM | 39 |
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