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... image in a great poem explains only itself , Octavio Paz says , “ Meaning and image are the same thing . A poem has no meaning other than its images . " The translator is caught up by images and rhythms , seduced by them , and becomes a ...
... image in a great poem explains only itself , Octavio Paz says , “ Meaning and image are the same thing . A poem has no meaning other than its images . " The translator is caught up by images and rhythms , seduced by them , and becomes a ...
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... images might be arranged very much like Bly's - the " telling " images contrasting with the " showing " images . The opening line flirts dangerously with the cliché , “ It was a dark and stormy night , " but veers quickly away into ...
... images might be arranged very much like Bly's - the " telling " images contrasting with the " showing " images . The opening line flirts dangerously with the cliché , “ It was a dark and stormy night , " but veers quickly away into ...
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... images , images which are interpenetrating and inter- dependent . The images arise naturally out of the kokoro or shin - the heart / soul / mind . Two hundred years before Bashō , Komparu Zenchiku wrote , " The Wheel of Emptiness is the ...
... images , images which are interpenetrating and inter- dependent . The images arise naturally out of the kokoro or shin - the heart / soul / mind . Two hundred years before Bashō , Komparu Zenchiku wrote , " The Wheel of Emptiness is the ...
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Orthodox Heterodox Paradox | 15 |
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