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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... hand . . . . Where the first excludes and stuns , the open hand can touch and encompass a great deal in its travels . " Plath's journal piece is just such an open hand , distinctive in its wit and description , its fine shifts of tone ...
... hand . . . . Where the first excludes and stuns , the open hand can touch and encompass a great deal in its travels . " Plath's journal piece is just such an open hand , distinctive in its wit and description , its fine shifts of tone ...
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... hand To read it well , that is , to understand . These lines are an appeal for Jonson's book to be read with careful attention . To be effective they have to suggest that they themselves deserve careful attention . In this they succeed ...
... hand To read it well , that is , to understand . These lines are an appeal for Jonson's book to be read with careful attention . To be effective they have to suggest that they themselves deserve careful attention . In this they succeed ...
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... hand above the unshaven , formless decapitation of the monsters , tubs of guts , mortifying chunks for the pack . Pity the monsters ! Pity the monsters ! Perhaps , one always took the wrong side- Ah , to have known , to have loved too ...
... hand above the unshaven , formless decapitation of the monsters , tubs of guts , mortifying chunks for the pack . Pity the monsters ! Pity the monsters ! Perhaps , one always took the wrong side- Ah , to have known , to have loved too ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Obstinate Humanity | 23 |
MARIANNE BORUCH | 48 |
Copyright | |
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