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... poetry and literature as a fine art . This book presumes that any intelligent person can understand poetry , and that the pleasure of understanding depends on his being able to notice and to dis- cuss the strategies through which poets ...
... poetry and literature as a fine art . This book presumes that any intelligent person can understand poetry , and that the pleasure of understanding depends on his being able to notice and to dis- cuss the strategies through which poets ...
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... poetry is more than a matter of making it look different — the difference must have significance . Poetry , like all art , is formal . The arrangement of its parts can never be mere chance , and its design follows some purpose in the ...
... poetry is more than a matter of making it look different — the difference must have significance . Poetry , like all art , is formal . The arrangement of its parts can never be mere chance , and its design follows some purpose in the ...
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... poetry . Because poetry communicates through a chain of un- folding implications , it is concise . To achieve clarity , a prose writer holds suggestibility in check . Whereas concise prose admits no superfluous word , the conciseness of ...
... poetry . Because poetry communicates through a chain of un- folding implications , it is concise . To achieve clarity , a prose writer holds suggestibility in check . Whereas concise prose admits no superfluous word , the conciseness of ...
Contents
PURPOSE AND FORM | 15 |
Ben Jonson 323 | 27 |
Lyrical and Narrative | 28 |
Copyright | |
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allusion arrangement attitude beauty become begins called character comes connotation create dark death describe effect emotional English example experience Explain expression eyes face fact fall feel figurative give given hand head heart human idea imagery images impression involved ironic irony kind language leaves less light literal live look meaning meter mind move nature never night notice objects once passed pattern person picture play poem poet poet's poetry QUESTIONS reader reading repetition response rhyme rhythm Robert seems sense sleep song sound speak speaker speech stand stanza statement story stressed suggest syllables symbols tell thee things thou thought tone tree true trying turned understand verse voice words writer