The Act of Poetry: A Practical Introduction to the Reading of Poems |
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Page 39
... past ( like a particular afternoon in a park ) , but a set of remembered fragments . Reading a poem , then , becomes experienc- ing a fresh arrangement of old experiences , a new action composed totally of bits and pieces of past ...
... past ( like a particular afternoon in a park ) , but a set of remembered fragments . Reading a poem , then , becomes experienc- ing a fresh arrangement of old experiences , a new action composed totally of bits and pieces of past ...
Page 54
... past . However , like any set of heirlooms , they are misused when they are overdisplayed . Like ancestral silver- ware , they should be brought out only at the proper occasion ; their effect is diminished if they are shown off every ...
... past . However , like any set of heirlooms , they are misused when they are overdisplayed . Like ancestral silver- ware , they should be brought out only at the proper occasion ; their effect is diminished if they are shown off every ...
Page 97
... past was a souvenir . Poets have always occasionally worked with created symbols but never has this form been practiced more systematically than in this century during which man has felt his " theatre " drastically changed and so much ...
... past was a souvenir . Poets have always occasionally worked with created symbols but never has this form been practiced more systematically than in this century during which man has felt his " theatre " drastically changed and so much ...
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ancient Mariner beauty bird blood breast breath child cloud cold context Copyright curse dark dead death doth dream E. E. Cummings earth example eyes fear feel flowers hair hands hath hear heard heart heaven human iamb iambic pentameter land language light little birdie live look loud Lycidas man's meaning metaphor mind Moon morning mother move never night o'er object person POEMS FOR COMPARISON poet poet's poetic poetry quatrain rain reader RESPONSE rhyme rhythm Richard Cory RICHARD WILBUR Robert Lowell sails second poem sense sestet ship sigh silent sing slant rhyme sleep smile song sonnet soul sound spirit stanza star strange sweet syllables symbol T. S. Eliot thee things thou thought trees trochee verbal verse voice W. H. AUDEN walk Wallace Stevens Wedding-Guest WILLIAM BLAKE wind words youth