On English Poetry
Being an Irregular Approach to the Psychology of This Art, from Evidence Mainly SubjectiveBy Robert Graves
Length2h 59m
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On English Poetry by Robert Graves is a valuable book on writing and valuing poetry, as well as on the life and calling of a poet. According to this estimed scholar there are two meanings of Poetry as the poet himself has come to use the word:—first, Poetry, the unforeseen fusion in his mind of apparently contradictory emotional ideas; and second, Poetry, the more-or-less deliberate attempt, with the help of a rhythmic mesmerism, to impose an illusion of actual experience on the minds of others. In its first and peculiar sense it is the surprise that comes after thoughtlessly rubbing a mental Aladdin's lamp, and I would suggest that every poem worthy of the name has its central idea, its nucleus, formed by this spontaneous process.
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Publish dateNov 23, 2023
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Table of contents
1V THE PATTERN UNDERNEATH
30XXXIV AN AWKWARD FELLOW CALLED ARIPHRADES
2VI “INSPIRATION”
31XXXV IMPROVISING NEW CONVENTIONS
3VII THE PARABLE OF MR. POETA AND MR. LECTOR
32XXXVI WHEN IN DOUBT
4VIII THE CARPENTER’S SON
33XXXVII THE EDITOR WITH THE MUCKRAKE
5IX THE GADDING VINE
34XXXVIII THE MORAL QUESTION
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6X THE DEAD END AND THE MAN OF ONE POEM
35XXXIX THE POET AS OUTSIDER
7XI SPENSER’S CUFFS
36XL A POLITE ACKNOWLEDGMENT
8XII CONNECTION OF POETRY AND HUMOUR
37XLI FAKE POETRY, BAD POETRY AND MERE VERSE
9XIII DICTION
38XLII A DIALOGUE ON FAKE-POETRY
10XIV THE DAFFODILS
39XLIII ASKING ADVICE
11XV VERS LIBRE
40XLIV SURFACE FAULTS, AN ILLUSTRATION
12XVI MOVING MOUNTAINS
41XLV LINKED SWEETNESS LONG DRAWN OUT
13XVII LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI
42XLVI THE FABLE OF THE IDEAL GADGET
14XVIII THE GENERAL ELLIOTT
43XLVII SEQUELS ARE BARRED
15XIX THE GOD CALLED POETRY
44XLVIII TOM FOOL
16XX LOGICALIZATION
45XLIX CROSS RHYTHM AND RESOLUTION
17XXI LIMITATIONS
46L MY NAME IS LEGION, FOR WE ARE MANY
18XXII THE NAUGHTY BOY
47LI THE PIG BABY
19XXIII THE CLASSIC AND ROMANTIC IDEAS
48LII APOLOGY FOR DEFINITIONS
20XXIV COLOUR
49LIII TIMES AND SEASONS
21XXV PUTTY
50LIV TWO HERESIES
22XXVI READING ALOUD
51LV THE ART OF EXPRESSION
23XXVII L’ARTE DELLA PITTURA
52LVI GHOSTS IN THE SHELDONIAN
24XXVIII ON WRITING MUSICALLY
53LVII THE LAYING ON OF HANDS
25XXIX THE USE OF POETRY
54LVIII WAYS AND MEANS
26XXX HISTORIES OF POETRY
55LIX POETRY AS LABOUR
27XXXI THE BOWL MARKED DOG
56LX THE NECESSITY OF ARROGANCE
28XXXII THE ANALYTIC SPIRIT
57LXI IN PROCESSION
29XXXIII RHYMES AND ALLITERATION
58APPENDIX:—THE DANGERS OF DEFINITION
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