Ballads and Other Poems

Ballads and Other Poems

Ballads and Other Poems - Fourth Edition, Revised[1] In writing a ballad the secrets of success are...
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Author: Raymond, George Lansing,1839-1929
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Ballads and Other Poems

Ballads and Other Poems

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Ballads and Other Poems

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Author: Raymond, George Lansing,1839-1929
Format: eBook
Language: English

Ballads and Other Poems - Fourth Edition, Revised

[1] In writing a ballad the secrets of success are definiteness of aim, directness of execution, and singleness of idea. The language must be simple, but so vigorous that every word tells; the metre must also be simple, but the versification demands a musical swing, a rush of rhyme, the talent for which is rare. To smell of the lamp is fatal to the ballad; it should have all the spontaneity of an impromptu. The author must forget himself, for ballad poetry is essentially objective, and a touch of subjectivity spoils it. Each incident must be related as though the writer had taken part in it, and seeing with his minds eye, he must paint as vividly as though that described were before him in very truth. It is not an easy thing to write a ballad in these days, when the drift of poetic thought is quite in the opposite direction.Philadelphia Inquirer, 1876. [2] In 1761, America knew that the Board of Trade had proposed to annul colonial charters, to reduce all the colonies to royal governments.Bancrofts Hist. U. S., vol. iv., ch. 18, p. 414. The king, the ministry, the crown officers all conspiring against her liberties ... there was no help unless from Parliament.Idem., vol. v., ch. 11, p. 236. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 67152
Author: Raymond, George Lansing
Release Date: Jan 13, 2022
Format: eBook
Language: English
Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons; The Knickerbocker Press,1886,copyright 1887,copyright 1908
Publication Date: 1886
Publisher Country: United States

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