Making Your Own Days: The Pleasures of Reading and Writing PoetryAtria Books, 1999 M04 8 - 320 páginas From one of the most esteemed American poets of the twenty-first century comes a celebration of poetry and an invitation for anyone to experience its beauty and wonder. Full of fresh and exciting insights, Making Your Own Days illuminates the somewhat mysterious subject of poetry for those who read it and for those who write it—as well as for those who would like to read and write it better. By treating poetry not as a special use of language but as a distinct language—unlike the one used in prose and conversation—Koch clarifies the nature of poetic inspiration, how poems are written and revised, and what happens to the heart and mind while reading a poem. Koch also provides a rich anthology of more than ninety works from poets past and present. Lyric poems, excerpts from long poems and poetic plays, poems in English, and poems in translation from Homer and Sappho to Lorca, Snyder, and Ashbery; each selection is accompanied by an explanatory note designed to complement and clarify the text and to put pleasure back into the experience of poetry. |
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... person isn't likely to need it if incapable of using it . No one without a talent for writing poetry is likely to desire inspi- ration for very long , just as no one who hasn't the coordination necessary for skiing will nourish for long ...
... person isn't likely to need it if incapable of using it . No one without a talent for writing poetry is likely to desire inspi- ration for very long , just as no one who hasn't the coordination necessary for skiing will nourish for long ...
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... person being cut away by Time's sickle ( Death's scythe ) , and yet to feel the power of love enduring in spite of that . No matter how well that speaks for love , it's a horrible sort of car- nage for love to have to survive . If ...
... person being cut away by Time's sickle ( Death's scythe ) , and yet to feel the power of love enduring in spite of that . No matter how well that speaks for love , it's a horrible sort of car- nage for love to have to survive . If ...
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... person speaking was asleep and , thus , that his thoughts of being in a " white city " in the South with his lover were part of a dream . So , reading the first three lines , the reader has the experience — which then turns out to be a ...
... person speaking was asleep and , thus , that his thoughts of being in a " white city " in the South with his lover were part of a dream . So , reading the first three lines , the reader has the experience — which then turns out to be a ...
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The Two Languages | 19 |
Music | 27 |
Repetition and Rhythm | 28 |
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Making Your Own Days: The Pleasures of Reading and Writing Poetry Kenneth Koch Vista previa limitada - 1999 |
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