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Page 80
... 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 lover of the process we identify as poetry . Enchanted , seduced ...
... 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 lover of the process we identify as poetry . Enchanted , seduced ...
Page 124
... meaning and to the feeling of the line . Whincup gets the words right , but completely misses the powerful emotional meaning of the poem . In a wonderful scholarly translation of Tu Fu and Li Po together , ( Bright Moon , Perching Bird ...
... meaning and to the feeling of the line . Whincup gets the words right , but completely misses the powerful emotional meaning of the poem . In a wonderful scholarly translation of Tu Fu and Li Po together , ( Bright Moon , Perching Bird ...
Page 167
... meaning rises , where the meaning evaporates , into history , into the day the mind , and the precipitating syllables are free at last on the wind , sinking , the proof of god the cry sinking to where it's just sound , part of one sound ...
... meaning rises , where the meaning evaporates , into history , into the day the mind , and the precipitating syllables are free at last on the wind , sinking , the proof of god the cry sinking to where it's just sound , part of one sound ...
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The Necessity to Speak | 3 |
Orthodox Heterodox Paradox | 15 |
The Degradation of Money | 27 |
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