ENGLISH 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Dianoia, Helen Vendler, Counterpoint
19 Jan 2015
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Poems have stuff in them that you can notice. Poems don"t have definite meanings any more than experiences do. What we"ve been up to so far experience of a poem is just that: an experience. Experiences are not like questions that have right answers or correct responses. We have them, they make an impression on us, we can often make something of those impressions. As we come to trust our experience ( with experience), we may wish to articulate it, find a language for it that will help us arrange it in relation to other experiences we"ve had, other things we know. Ways of arranging that experience is what we now focus on. -the chanting or recitation of a magic verse or formula. -how do you charm someone? (make them laugh, try to get on their good side, entertain, complementary, flirt) It doesn"t change the meaning of your day, but it can cast it in a different light .
