Poets Teaching Poets: Self and the WorldGregory Orr, Ellen Bryant Voigt div Essays on the craft and relevance of poetry by distinguished practitioners and teachers of the art br /div |
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... describes the first form of expressive ritual that preceded the lyric : the molpê , or dance- and - song . The song was " inspired , " or breathed into by the gods ; the dance mimicked the longing for what can't be expressed in words ...
... describes the first form of expressive ritual that preceded the lyric : the molpê , or dance- and - song . The song was " inspired , " or breathed into by the gods ; the dance mimicked the longing for what can't be expressed in words ...
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... describes is underscored by the median break of the line . His anar- chy , in line 4 , is " loosed " more emphatically as we rush so quickly over the unstressed syllables that a foot seems to drop away . His " blood - dimmed tide " gets ...
... describes is underscored by the median break of the line . His anar- chy , in line 4 , is " loosed " more emphatically as we rush so quickly over the unstressed syllables that a foot seems to drop away . His " blood - dimmed tide " gets ...
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... describe his own experience of desire and passes it on to Sappho who develops it further : Once more Eros , the looser of ... describes the lover's struggle of having to combine two opposing forces in one body , Sappho expresses the same ...
... describe his own experience of desire and passes it on to Sappho who develops it further : Once more Eros , the looser of ... describes the lover's struggle of having to combine two opposing forces in one body , Sappho expresses the same ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Obstinate Humanity | 23 |
MARIANNE BORUCH | 48 |
Copyright | |
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