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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... verse runs in the " beat " mode in verse , but he has attained a distinctive rhythm : My happiness depends on an electric appliance And I do not mind giving it so much credit With life in this city being what it is Each person separated ...
... verse runs in the " beat " mode in verse , but he has attained a distinctive rhythm : My happiness depends on an electric appliance And I do not mind giving it so much credit With life in this city being what it is Each person separated ...
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... verse , might reveal a root - and - branch structure something like this : young , left- handed Lou Sissman arrives at Harvard in November of 1944 , full - grown ( six - four , two hundred pounds ) but not yet seventeen . His assigned ...
... verse , might reveal a root - and - branch structure something like this : young , left- handed Lou Sissman arrives at Harvard in November of 1944 , full - grown ( six - four , two hundred pounds ) but not yet seventeen . His assigned ...
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... verse . An actor reimagines his lines onstage every night , and I could not have devised a more thorough training in verse technique . My father , after a trip to Boston to watch , wrote me to say that I was a good actor , but he ...
... verse . An actor reimagines his lines onstage every night , and I could not have devised a more thorough training in verse technique . My father , after a trip to Boston to watch , wrote me to say that I was a good actor , but he ...
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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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