How Does a Poem Mean?Examines the value and nature of poetry, using examples of English and American poetry of the past 6 centuries. |
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The total effect of such a passage cannot , certainly , be said to spring simply from its word choices . The rhythms and the dramatic pauses and contrasts determine its pace . Hamlet's narrative situation helps create an identity with ...
that passages of poetry ( one must , of course , assume a passage of sufficient length to be representative ) that have generally been agreed upon as good English poetry by critics of various ages of taste , always seem to hit toward ...
One may interpret this passage also in slightly different ways , and argue for the removal of the caesuras after “ old age ” in line three , after “ but ” in line five , and after “ stead ” at the end of line five ; but even so ...
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I have experienced this book in several editions. The operative word in the title is "how." As an amateur poet for whom finding the technical construction of a "poem," or even something so prosaic as the very definition of poetry, this book over the past 40 years has been vital. Ciardi takes the word craft down to basic tools of craftsmanship, such as a pinter wild word with such basic as palate, paint, canvas, easel, brushes, etc. Probably his best chapter is that taht tells why a much beloved poem like
"Invictus" isa very bad poem, changed my whole way of looking at my own work. The example poems in the book, which have changed some from one edition to the next, are themselves very important. This is is a must book for both writers and readers.
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Walter De la Mare The Listeners | 720 |
Edwin Arlington Robinson Mr Floods Party | 738 |
John Keats The Eve of St Agnes | 744 |
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