Preface to PoetryIntroduction for the novice. Twenty-five poems illustrate the historic evolution of and the structural differences between, the major poetic forms. |
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A. E. Housman aloud amphibrach anapest ancient Mariner arms bird bluid bright Caused King Edward chamber door Coleridge Colour-Sergeant Danny Deever dead death deir E. B. White Edward Lear Edward to leave Edwin Arlington Robinson English poet ENGLISH SONNET epic eyes father feel feet figure of speech Files-on-Parade foot Gudurz hand hath hear heard heart iambic pentameter King Arthur leave his throne lines of iambic literary Lord love alone Caused Lucasta mair metaphor meter metrical mither Moon narrative never night o'er OI hae killed Oxus Peran-Wisa Persian poem poet's poetic poetry popular ballad quatrain Quoth Raven rhyme scheme rhythm Ruksh Rustum sails sand Seistan ship Sir Bedivere Sohrab soul spake spear stanza stars stood stressed symbol T. S. Eliot Tartar tell tents tercets thee thou art trimeter Twa Corbies unstressed syllables verse voice Wedding-Guest wind word young