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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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Going into the poem , the reader generally finds himself in a physical world . Though he may be breathing through his imagination rather than his lungs , the facts of his life are exactly the same . He must make contact with the ...
Going into the poem , the reader generally finds himself in a physical world . Though he may be breathing through his imagination rather than his lungs , the facts of his life are exactly the same . He must make contact with the ...
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Many poets have warned that the reader's creative role is as large and important as the poet's . Walt Whitman told his audience : “ The reader will always have his or her part to do , just as much as I have had mine .
Many poets have warned that the reader's creative role is as large and important as the poet's . Walt Whitman told his audience : “ The reader will always have his or her part to do , just as much as I have had mine .
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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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