Touchstones: American Poets on a Favorite PoemRobert Pack, Jay Parini In this collection, "fifty-nine of America's best poets select their favorite verse by another writer and explore its influence on their own writing."--From back cover. |
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Page xi
... true poets must , at heart , be true critics as well . " It is demonstrably the case that , in the English language , the major poets of each generation have often been major critics of their age as well . A brief glance at the history ...
... true poets must , at heart , be true critics as well . " It is demonstrably the case that , in the English language , the major poets of each generation have often been major critics of their age as well . A brief glance at the history ...
Page 62
... true enthusiast , Child had dedicated his life to the border ballads , collecting and printing over three hundred of them , some in as many as twenty - five versions - none of which purported to resemble the true original except in the ...
... true enthusiast , Child had dedicated his life to the border ballads , collecting and printing over three hundred of them , some in as many as twenty - five versions - none of which purported to resemble the true original except in the ...
Page 237
... true love , " " But true love is a durable fire " ) ; the frequent loosening of ballad meter to accom- modate the colloquial diction and to keep the rhymes from " Walsinghame " / Sir Walter Raleigh 237.
... true love , " " But true love is a durable fire " ) ; the frequent loosening of ballad meter to accom- modate the colloquial diction and to keep the rhymes from " Walsinghame " / Sir Walter Raleigh 237.
Contents
John Balaban on Wulf and Eadwacer | 11 |
Rosellen Brown on Silence by Marianne Moore | 26 |
Cook on Painting by Langston Hughes | 40 |
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