Sound and Sense - an Introduction to Poetry (Art).pdf torrent

1973 | Harcourt | Eng | Pdf | 0155826026 | 376 pag | 37.2

"True ease in writing comes from art, not chance,
As those move easiest who have learned to dance.
'Tis not enough no harshness gives offense,
The sound must seem an echo to the sense."

Alexander Pope from An Essay on Criticism



The fourth edition of Sound and Sense, like the earlier editions, is written for the college student who is beginning a serious study of poetry. It seeks to give him a sufficient grasp of the nature and variety of poetry, some reasonable means for reading it with appreciative understanding, and a few primary ideas of how to evaluate it. The separate chapters gradually introduce the student to the elements of poetry, putting the emphasis always on how and why