The Criticism of Poetry |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 17
Page 136
... pleasure ; those who belong to the latter consider that poetry should teach , though it must give pleasure , too , in the process of teaching . There are , of course , many shades of opinion within these schools . The extreme statement ...
... pleasure ; those who belong to the latter consider that poetry should teach , though it must give pleasure , too , in the process of teaching . There are , of course , many shades of opinion within these schools . The extreme statement ...
Page 137
... pleasures of sudden wonder are soon exhausted , and the mind can only repose on the stability of truth . " And lastly ... pleasure to those who like to learn . " " 66 ( 5 ) The terms “ instruct or teach may have a very wide sense . The ...
... pleasures of sudden wonder are soon exhausted , and the mind can only repose on the stability of truth . " And lastly ... pleasure to those who like to learn . " " 66 ( 5 ) The terms “ instruct or teach may have a very wide sense . The ...
Page 138
... pleasure is fanciful , and poetry which combines the giving of pleasure with the discovery of truth is imaginative . They condemn poetry which too obviously and narrowly teaches , but , while enjoying that poetry which is full of ...
... pleasure is fanciful , and poetry which combines the giving of pleasure with the discovery of truth is imaginative . They condemn poetry which too obviously and narrowly teaches , but , while enjoying that poetry which is full of ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
A. E. Housman accent adjectives appeal beauty blank verse blow Bonny Dundee brave CHAPTER clear Coleridge colour couplet Danny Deever dark death delight diction doth duple Echoing Green emotions English example expression eyes final judgement flowers following passages free verse give green hand hath heart heaven iambic pentameters imagery images imagination Johnson judge Keats light look Lyrical melody metre metrical Milton mind modern moon mountains nature neo-Classical never night o'er Paradise Lost pattern Petrarcan pleasure poem poet poet's attitude poet's purpose prosody reader rest restricted poetry rhythmic rime-scheme rimes Romantics round scansion sense sestet Shakespeare Shakespearian silver sing skies song sonnet soul sound Spring sprung rhythm stanzas statement stress style sweet syllables system of scansion T. S. Eliot thee theme things thou thought truth versification whole wind Winter's Tale words Wordsworth write