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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... Past that he has not visited , " would raise his voice in medieval battle cries : " Damn it all ! all this our South stinks peace . " Stevens would dream his way into a calm unbroken past by trafficking in cathedrals and chinoiserie , a ...
... Past that he has not visited , " would raise his voice in medieval battle cries : " Damn it all ! all this our South stinks peace . " Stevens would dream his way into a calm unbroken past by trafficking in cathedrals and chinoiserie , a ...
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... past , the past tenses to illuminate the present , the present tense ( as in the last line ) to forecast the future . The apparent simplicity of Gallagher's way of speaking turns out to be difficult to follow because she is dodging ...
... past , the past tenses to illuminate the present , the present tense ( as in the last line ) to forecast the future . The apparent simplicity of Gallagher's way of speaking turns out to be difficult to follow because she is dodging ...
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... past emphatic ( " In Xanadu did Kubla Khan / A stately pleasure- dome decree " ) or of the subjunctive mood ( " Had we but world enough , and time , / This coyness , Lady , were no crime ” ) or of the present perfect ( “ I have done it ...
... past emphatic ( " In Xanadu did Kubla Khan / A stately pleasure- dome decree " ) or of the subjunctive mood ( " Had we but world enough , and time , / This coyness , Lady , were no crime ” ) or of the present perfect ( “ I have done it ...
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One of the Dangerous Trades | 3 |
The Great Predicament of Poetry | 11 |
The Refuge of the Present Tense | 17 |
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