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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Page 87
... tears , and embalmed it with sighs . ' Tis bound by a thousand bands to my heart ; Not a tie will break , not a link will start . Would ye learn the spell ? -a mother sat there ; And a sacred thing is that old Arm - chair . -ELIZA COOK ...
... tears , and embalmed it with sighs . ' Tis bound by a thousand bands to my heart ; Not a tie will break , not a link will start . Would ye learn the spell ? -a mother sat there ; And a sacred thing is that old Arm - chair . -ELIZA COOK ...
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... Tears are compared to coins minted with the girl's image which gives them their only worth . When a tear falls , her image , that Thou with which it is stamped , falls also . For the last line , the meaning seems to be that just as her ...
... Tears are compared to coins minted with the girl's image which gives them their only worth . When a tear falls , her image , that Thou with which it is stamped , falls also . For the last line , the meaning seems to be that just as her ...
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... Tears are compared to a globe ; her image on them - this makes the connection with stanza i - to the maps copied on a blank sphere to make it a thing of worth . But the image makes the tears more than a globe : it makes them actual ...
... Tears are compared to a globe ; her image on them - this makes the connection with stanza i - to the maps copied on a blank sphere to make it a thing of worth . But the image makes the tears more than a globe : it makes them actual ...
Contents
OUTLINE FOR A DEFENSE | 1 |
LIONS IN THE PATH | 23 |
THE READING AND THE READINGS OF THE POEM | 39 |
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