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. Preface Foreword Contents I. Spellweaving Poems II. An Illuminating Hypothesis III. Hypnotism and Other Trances IV. Evidence V. Semihypnotic Poems VI. Poetic Inspiration VII. Free Verse in America VIII. Is Poetry an Escape from Reality? IX. The Seat of the Scornful X. Towards a Sounder Criticism Works Cited Index of Poets