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Of the two , the process , or the experience created in himself by the reader , is more important . Whitman said ( in “ A Song for Occupations ” ) that “ all architecture is what you do to it when you look upon it .
Of the two , the process , or the experience created in himself by the reader , is more important . Whitman said ( in “ A Song for Occupations ” ) that “ all architecture is what you do to it when you look upon it .
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MEANING AND EXPERIENCE The pleasure of a poem is in its physical world — its sharp , exact imagery ; its revealing ... It is involved because , like all experiences , it is made up of many simultaneous events and intricate relationships ...
MEANING AND EXPERIENCE The pleasure of a poem is in its physical world — its sharp , exact imagery ; its revealing ... It is involved because , like all experiences , it is made up of many simultaneous events and intricate relationships ...
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We cannot isolate the " meaning " of a poem from the poem , and neither the ideas nor the emotions involved are separate from the total experience . The only way to find a meaning or have an emotion is to go down inside the poem and let ...
We cannot isolate the " meaning " of a poem from the poem , and neither the ideas nor the emotions involved are separate from the total experience . The only way to find a meaning or have an emotion is to go down inside the poem and let ...
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Contents
Poems | 36 |
of the Queens Navee 50 LAWRENCE Snake 51 JEFFERS Hurt | 57 |
West Wind 68 HERRICK An Ode for Ben Jonson 71 GRAY Elegy | 76 |
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| Title | The Dimensions of Poetry: A Critical Anthology |
| Editors | James Edwin Miller, Bernice Slote |
| Publisher | Dodd, Mead, 1966 |
| Length | 742 pages |
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