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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Earl Richardson Knapp Daniels. 2. Why are the statements in stanza two made so deliberately and exactly ? What is gained by the repetition in the phrase at me ? 3. In stanza three , what characteristic of the woman is made con- crete by ...
Earl Richardson Knapp Daniels. 2. Why are the statements in stanza two made so deliberately and exactly ? What is gained by the repetition in the phrase at me ? 3. In stanza three , what characteristic of the woman is made con- crete by ...
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... stanza ix certainly suggests they are at home . After the passage of considerable time , in their heightened anxiety because of the lateness of the ship , they go down to the shore at the opening of stanza x , to stand waiting for the ...
... stanza ix certainly suggests they are at home . After the passage of considerable time , in their heightened anxiety because of the lateness of the ship , they go down to the shore at the opening of stanza x , to stand waiting for the ...
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... stanza important enough to make night terrible and dear . Why is daylight lone ? Stanza ii . The opening lines are lovely of themselves , but hardly enough is made of them to fix their imagery sharply , before we are in- volved in ...
... stanza important enough to make night terrible and dear . Why is daylight lone ? Stanza ii . The opening lines are lovely of themselves , but hardly enough is made of them to fix their imagery sharply , before we are in- volved in ...
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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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ALFRED LORD TENNYSON ANDREW MARVELL ballad beauty beginning bird breath caesuras contrast conventional dark dead death detail doth dream earth effect emotion English experience eyes fairy fear feeling garden hand hath heard heart heaven human idea imagery imagination John Donne JOHN KEATS John of Austria Keats kind King lady light lines live look lover meaning Milton mind Miss mood moon mother nature never night nightingale o'er once pattern phrase pleasure poem poet poet's prayer prose reader reading poetry rest rhythm rime rose seems Shakespeare ship sing Sir Patrick Sir Patrick Spens sleep song sonnet soul sound spirit stars story stress Suggestions sweet syllables tears thee thine things Thomas Rymer thou thought Three Ravens tree turn verse voice WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE WILLIAM WORDSWORTH wind words