The art of reading poetry
I 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
poetry
vii, [1], 519, [1] pages 22 cm
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Invitation to reading
By way of preliminary: outline for a defense
Lions in the path
The reading and the readings of the poem
The stuff of the poem: experience
The poem as story (1)
The poem as story (II) the ballad
The poem as picture
The poem as idea
The poem as organization
The poem as music
In the nature of an epilogue
Title on two leaves