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Page 128
... words are right- just as a statue of even the noblest subject is a failure if the wood cracks or the marble shatters . Poems are made out of words . And poets are necessarily in love with words . As the poet W. H. Auden has put it : a ...
... words are right- just as a statue of even the noblest subject is a failure if the wood cracks or the marble shatters . Poems are made out of words . And poets are necessarily in love with words . As the poet W. H. Auden has put it : a ...
Page 129
... words than words to fit their ideas . Poetry consists not so much in saying memorable things as in saying things memorably . The interplay of image and emotion is not yet poetry ; without the word it would remain forever silent ...
... words than words to fit their ideas . Poetry consists not so much in saying memorable things as in saying things memorably . The interplay of image and emotion is not yet poetry ; without the word it would remain forever silent ...
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... words and combinations of words that may once have been part of the living language but have long since lost their vitality ; these are the kind of words good poets generally avoid . " Moon , Sun , Sleep , Birds , Live " of Kenneth ...
... words and combinations of words that may once have been part of the living language but have long since lost their vitality ; these are the kind of words good poets generally avoid . " Moon , Sun , Sleep , Birds , Live " of Kenneth ...
Common terms and phrases
accent alliteration Anthology beauty begins better bird blue body breath called close cold color comes dark dead death deep dreams earth effect emotion English example express eyes face fall feel feet fields flowers four Frost girl give green hair hand head hear heard heart holds human images John keep kind language leaves light lines live look meaning metaphor mind moon mouth move nature never night objects once pass play poem poet poetry rain rhyme rhythm Robert rose seems sense SHAKESPEARE shape sing sometimes song sound speech stand stanza sweet syllables symbol tell thee things thou thought trees turn verse vowel walk wind words writing Yeats young