If Literature Studies has reached concensus on one topic, it is on the baffling nature of poetry. My personal experience tells otherwise,\u00a0and leaves me only baffled by the failure of scientific methodology to deliver.<\/p>\n
Contrary to its findings, most poetry is crystal clear to attentive readers. And these pages demonstrate how to focus attention on the keywords.<\/p>\n
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—<\/span><\/p>\n Part One; The\u00a0Art of Phrasing<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Literary Criticism is the scientificly approved blindfold of Literature Studies. And its perpetual bafflement gives Emily Dickinson’s Snake an\u00a0opportunity to crush its heel that simply is too good to miss.<\/span><\/p>\n —<\/span><\/p>\n Part Two;\u00a0The Art of Making Sense<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Offers a sound explanation for the failure of science. Keep therefore in mind never to take a complot theory seriously. But even the darkest cloud has a silver lining, and a step by step analysis of Dickinson’s\u00a0Let down thy Bars, O Death\u00a0<\/em>proves poetry a kind of crosswords. Which is the simpler explanation of perpetual bafflement.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n —<\/span><\/p>\n Part Three;\u00a0The Art of Song Writing<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Because proof is in science a matter of predicting test results correctly, Part Three runs a few tests.<\/span><\/p>\n —<\/span><\/p>\n Part Four; The\u00a0Art of Reading Attentively<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Exposes the basic flaw that left a complete branch of science incapacitated. An that caused appalling results on a rather transparent sample of prose.<\/p>\n —<\/span><\/p>\n —<\/span><\/p>\n Comments on the paper in general are welcome on this page. The parallel chain of isolated chapters are designed to react on specific items in those chapters.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If Literature Studies has reached concensus on one topic, it is on the baffling nature of poetry. My personal experience tells otherwise,\u00a0and leaves me only baffled by the failure of scientific methodology to deliver. Contrary to its findings, most poetry … Continue reading \n
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