A Poet's Mind, To the Teacher

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To the teacher (notes for Editor) My grammar and structure: Notes for A number of sentences have phrases and clauses in series. but they are controlled for relatively easy reading. Not only .•• but also is rather common. viii-ix Phrases to open sentences like "Either way" (p . 14, line 2). are not common . Student must sometimes refer to suffixes in CEp. L21,0. Exampl e of seemingly difficult sentence that is not difficult when one reads carefully: "A nuclear creative force •• . " on p . 25, lines 7-10 (and nucleus appears on P/ 26, line 4) . Careful punctuation in the use of commas should aid understanding. Points common to both prose and poems: Participle phrases are rather common . Careful syntactical structure should help in poems and in prose (even with sentences on pages 29 (final sentence) . _ and 3rd -. -~ 43 (2nd/sentences) 44 (final sentence), 57 (2nd sentence). Exercises (and discussion): Questions are usually aimed at promoting a basic understanding of the whole poem or of some rather difficult or crucial part. Spece allotment is less than the new Dec- 1981 plan (not on band during my writing) allows , because of my belief that reading the poem is more important than extra questions about it . "Poetic prose": Poetic unity of imagery is found in the prose , as in lines 16-19 , p. 57 (ring , dotted line , circle linked to meaning) . Words and phrases expl ained: in footn otes (175!), in context (32); and student is asked to look up (11) . Length of poems, varies from 6 to 49 lines . "Pre-reading questions": They are subordinated to , but are included in, chapter introductions that give insight into the whole pattern of the book.

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James A. Emanuel's draft introduction for teachers using his textbook A Poet's Mind for instruction.

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