One of the Dangerous Trades: Essays on the Work and Workings of PoetryAn examination of the poet's place in society as seen by a poet who is also a publisher. |
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... heart The heart of the fire ... I swing " The Fiend , " a dazzling performance , portrays a middle - aged Peeping Tom and his transcendent relationship with the women he peers at from trees and bushes at night . This poem is the first ...
... heart The heart of the fire ... I swing " The Fiend , " a dazzling performance , portrays a middle - aged Peeping Tom and his transcendent relationship with the women he peers at from trees and bushes at night . This poem is the first ...
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... heart with the cold- ness and blindness of the eye : O heart , such disorganization ! The stars are flashing like terrible numerals . ABC , her eyelids say . ... the scalding , red topography ( " An Appearance " ) That will put her ...
... heart with the cold- ness and blindness of the eye : O heart , such disorganization ! The stars are flashing like terrible numerals . ABC , her eyelids say . ... the scalding , red topography ( " An Appearance " ) That will put her ...
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... heart and the eye would have learned by some desper- ate stratagem to see as one : The blood jet is poetry , There is no stopping it . The poetry in Ariel exudes an actual sense of relief in having drawn blood from stones , as though no ...
... heart and the eye would have learned by some desper- ate stratagem to see as one : The blood jet is poetry , There is no stopping it . The poetry in Ariel exudes an actual sense of relief in having drawn blood from stones , as though no ...
Contents
One of the Dangerous Trades | 3 |
The Great Predicament of Poetry | 11 |
The Refuge of the Present Tense | 17 |
Copyright | |
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