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On English Poetry

by Robert Graves

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  1. 1Dedication
  2. 2Epigraph — I — Definitions
  3. 3II — The Nine Muses
  4. 4III — Poetry and Primitive Magic
  5. 5IV — Conflict of Emotions
  6. 6V — The Pattern Underneath
  7. 7VI — “Inspiration”
  8. 8VII — The Parable of Mr. Poeta and Mr. Lector
  9. 9VIII — The Carpenter’s Son
  10. 10IX — The Gadding Vine
  11. 11X — The Dead End and the Man of One Poem
  12. 12XI — Spenser’s Cuffs
  13. 13XII — Connection of Poetry and Humour
  14. 14XIII — Diction
  15. 15XIV — The Daffodils
  16. 16XV — Vers Libre
  17. 17XVI — Moving Mountains
  18. 18XVII — La Belle Dame Sans Merci
  19. 19XVIII — The General Elliott
  20. 20XIX — The God Called Poetry
  21. 21XX — Logicalization
  22. 22XXI — Limitations
  23. 23XXII — The Naughty Boy
  24. 24XXIII — The Classic and Romantic Ideas
  25. 25XXIV — Colour
  26. 26XXV — Putty
  27. 27XXVI — Reading Aloud
  28. 28XXVII — L’Arte della Pittura
  29. 29XXVIII — On Writing Musically
  30. 30XXIX — The Use of Poetry
  31. 31XXX — Histories of Poetry
  32. 32XXXI — The Bowl Marked Dog
  33. 33XXXII — The Analytic Spirit
  34. 34XXXIII — Rhymes and Alliteration
  35. 35XXXIV — An Awkward Fellow Called Ariphrades
  36. 36XXXV — Improvising New Conventions
  37. 37XXXVI — When in Doubt
  38. 38XXXVII — The Editor With the Muckrake
  39. 39XXXVIII — The Moral Question
  40. 40XXXIX — The Poet as Outsider
  41. 41XL — A Polite Acknowledgment
  42. 42XLI — Fake Poetry, Bad Poetry and Mere Verse
  43. 43XLII — A Dialogue on Fake-Poetry
  44. 44XLIII — Asking Advice
  45. 45XLIV — Surface Faults, an Illustration
  46. 46XLV — Linked Sweetness Long Drawn Out
  47. 47XLVI — The Fable of the Ideal Gadget
  48. 48XLVII — Sequels Are Barred
  49. 49XLVIII — Tom Fool
  50. 50XLIX — Cross Rhythm and Resolution
  51. 51L — My Name Is Legion, for We Are Many
  52. 52Li — The Pig Baby
  53. 53LII — Apology for Definitions
  54. 54LIII — Times and Seasons
  55. 55LIV — Two Heresies
  56. 56LV — The Art of Expression
  57. 57LVI — Ghosts in the Sheldonian
  58. 58LVII — The Laying on of Hands
  59. 59LVIII — Ways and Means
  60. 60LIX — Poetry as Labour
  61. 61LX — The Necessity of Arrogance
  62. 62LXI — In Procession
  63. 63Appendix — The Dangers of Definition

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