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Hypnotic Poetry: A Study of Trance-Inducing Technique in Certain Poems and Its Literary Significance
An analysis of the psychological effect of word arrangement in various well-known poems.
162 pages, Hardcover
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December 20, 2022
A different view of poetry.
I purchased this book as part of a course at the Fort Worth Hypnoses Institute. However, it is also a great addition to how to write poetry.
A paragraph of the preface by Edward D. Snyder explains the book's purpose best:
The first four chapters of this volume propose and support a certain idea about poetry, while the remaining chapters make practical applications of the idea to individual poems and to topics of a more general nature. I hope that people, who read poetry for the sheer love of it, as well as those who are teachers and professional critics, will welcome this study of the trance-inducing effect that a few poems seem to extract on the reader, and will share my interest in extending the study to poems that are less obviously hypnotic
Edward D. Snyder suggests that some Poetry does spell weaving like listening to a piece of music that stirs up an old emotion.
After reading this book you will not look at poetry the same way again.
I purchased this book as part of a course at the Fort Worth Hypnoses Institute. However, it is also a great addition to how to write poetry.
A paragraph of the preface by Edward D. Snyder explains the book's purpose best:
The first four chapters of this volume propose and support a certain idea about poetry, while the remaining chapters make practical applications of the idea to individual poems and to topics of a more general nature. I hope that people, who read poetry for the sheer love of it, as well as those who are teachers and professional critics, will welcome this study of the trance-inducing effect that a few poems seem to extract on the reader, and will share my interest in extending the study to poems that are less obviously hypnotic
Edward D. Snyder suggests that some Poetry does spell weaving like listening to a piece of music that stirs up an old emotion.
After reading this book you will not look at poetry the same way again.
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