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Discusses the relationship between rhetoric and poetry, with reference to the papers presented at a conference held the University of Iowa in 1966. Modern assumptions about poetry; Distinction between rhetoric and poetry; Kinds of criticisms according to author Oscar G. Brockett.

This article focuses on the production of a body of songs and poems as a result of labor movement. The movement for a shorter working day has produced a significant body of songs and poems. Witness, for instance, the ten-hour movement of the 1840's which resulted in such songs as "Song of the Ten Hour Workingmen," modeled after William Lloyd Garrison's "Song of the Abolitionist" and sung to the tune of "Auld Lang Syne." The same labor paper that published it, the Fall River Mechanic, also printed "The Ten Hour Banner," sung to the tune of "The Gospel Banner," and "The All Day System," sung to the tune of "Eden of Love." But it was the eight-hour day movement which produced the largest number of songs and poems. Although some unions had raised the demand for the eight-hour day before and during the Civil War, the campaign began in earnest when hostilities ended. The first songs and poems of the eight-hour movement of the 1860's were published in Pincher's Trades' Review, the Philadelphia labor weekly. This paper launched a contest in the summer of 1865 for songs and poems dealing with the eight-hour movement, and the first one was published in August 1865, though the editor admitted less than full satisfaction with it.

The author reflects on poetry in the field of sports. He reiterates the fact that sports has found a place in poetry in every age though the styles, intents, and meanings vary. The paucity of poems containing sport as a central theme has been largely caused by the rarity of combination of sportsman and poet in one individual. He discusses the vital concerns in examining sport in poetry such as the role of sport in culture and the factual content in search of insight into the times when the sport took place. The poetry involves metaphor, the experience, the imagery, and the transference of the reader from ordinary worldly concerns.

Examines the rhythmic pattern in prose and poetry. Role of time in the enjoyment of music and poetry; Attributes of sound; Nature of prose and nature of verse.

Asserts that rhetoric is the border between prose and poetry. Definition of poetry by John Stuart Mill; Example of how the distinction may be applied in literary criticism; Example of a rhetorician who became a poet.

Discusses problems relevant to the interpretation of poetry. Dominance of the print-visual mode of perception; Emphasis of criticism on poetic technique.

Analyzes the poem 'To an Athlete Dying Young.' Importance of rhetorical analysis on the work of the analyst of poetry; Author's idea of the proper kind of rhetorical analysis; Rhetorical structure of the poem; Ease in understanding the poem when considered a funeral oration.

Provides information regarding the eighteenth century U.S. pronunciation through an examination of the rhymes of poet Philip Freneau. Merits of Freneau as a poet; Use of traditional rhymes by the poet; Presence of unstressed endings in the poetry of Freneau.

Analyzes the function of rhythmic unit in the poetry of Theodore Roethke. Arrangement of stresses and terminal sounds; Factor in establishing the sound pattern; Awareness of the flexibility of line length.

Focuses on the influence of consciousness of abstracting on modern literary thought. Significance of the consciousness of abstracting in modern criticism and poetry; Analysis of work of Henri Bergson in context of modern literary movement; Important emphases of modern criticism which relate to the consciousness of abstracting.

Focuses on the inclusion of Beat poetry in the direction of the play 'The American Dream.' Beat poets whose works were selected; Injection of passages of poetry within a single speech; Evaluation of the performance.

Focuses on writings of rhetoric teacher George Tucker at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia. Determination of the ability of students and the rigor of their academic program from his writings; Outline of the technique of pedagogy; Discussion of prose, oratory and poetry.

Focuses on fallacies concerning the application of intonations to poems. Fallacy of normal intonations; Fallacy concerning syntactic ambiguity; Options for an oral interpreter to choose an intonation; Question regarding the choice of alternative syntaxes.

Deals with the use of suprasegmentals in the analysis of poetry. Insight on supresegmental analysis; Use of ambiguity in the critical discussions of poetry; Analysis of a poem by Dylan Thomas.

Discusses the phonemic dimension of linguistic, poetics, and interpretation in literature. Role of linguistics in literary analysis; Methodology of psycholinguistics; Function of segmental phonology in poetic analysis; Literary implications of suprasegmental phonemics.

Comments on rhetoric and literary criticism. Comparison between ancient literary criticism and modern criticism; Influence of rhetoric on literature; Historical background on the development of poetry and poetical genres.

Proposes to evaluate the poem 'September 1, 1939,' by W. H. Auden, by dealing with certain problems raised by the literary theorist. Issues involved in the interpretation of the poem; Relevance of historical criticism and extra-literary criticism in appreciating literature; Ways in which oral interpretation can honor the structure and the literary analysis by means of a proper consideration of the question of emphasis; Kinds of interpretation.

Focuses on the usage of figurative language in english poetry. Impact of the usage of figurative language on beauty of poetry; Aspects of using figurative image in poetry on visualization of the situation.

Focuses on the oral interpretation of the lyrical form of poetry as a mode of imitation in the dramatic manner with a human action as its object. Similarity between the oral reading of a lyric poem with the art of acting; Aristotle's theory towards literature and oral interpretation; Use of Aristotle's theory in the interpretation of lyric poetry.

Discusses the philological and speech-method interpretation of poetry. Impact of ideological-historical interpretation method on visualizing a poem; Laws of poetry by Guenther Mueller; Theories involved in recitation of poetry with the laws of diction.

Provides a perspective on poetry. Most common notion about poetry; Popular views of poetry; Attitude of an average student on poetry.

Attempts to identify valid distinctions between the poetic utterance and the rhetorical, using passages from Antony's speech in William Shakespeare's play 'Julius Caesar.' Existing views on the distinctions between rhetoric and poetry; Differences between readers or hearers' reactions to the play and their reactions to the speech; Differences between the manner of the poetic treatment and of the rhetorical.

Examines the role of oratory and poetry in the literary theory of 17th-century French writer and Catholic priest Fénelon. Fénelon's view of poetry and oratory as instruments of similar value in human affairs; Basic principle in Fénelon's conception of the relations between oratory and poetry, as illustrated in his 'Dialogues on Eloquence' and 'Letter to the Academy.'

Presents information on the central source of poetic technique of poet Vachel Lindsay. Influence of lecture-readings of faculty S.H. Clark of the University of Chicago; Formation of hieroglyphic drawings for poetic purpose; Acceptance of poetry as oral art by Lindsay; Effects of tone color on the poems of Lindsay; Application of tone color technique to rhythmic tunes; Idiosyncrasies in oral reading of Lindsay.

Focuses on various issues related to oral reading of poetry in the public schools of the U.S. Emphasis made on teaching of poetry as a vocal art; Criticism over lack of proficiency in reading poetry; Recommendations made for improving oral reading in poetry.

Presents information on a Phonographic Library of Contemporary Poets that was prepared by the author. Poets whose work was recorded for the library; Content of the library; Efforts of the author to create the library.

Presents several abstracts of articles related to speech, published in different periodicals in the 1930s. 'Dionysius of Halicarnassus,' by R.J.H. Shutt 'Rhetoric and Poetry in Bryant,' by Marvin T. Herrick; 'The Linguistic Training of Officials,' by R. Grant Brown.

Discusses the importance of the poem 'Pharsalia,' by Lucan. Reasons for Lucan's place in the history of rhetoric; Personal and educational background of Lucan; Characteristics of his rhetorical gift.

Focuses on the prosodies of poet Robert Lowell. Characteristic feature of style of Lowell's poetry; Person to whom Lowell owes his style; Symbolism in Lowell's poetry.

Reviews the sound recording 'Understanding and Appreciation of Poetry.'

Reviews the sound recording 'John Crowe Ransom.'

Reviews the sound recording 'Poems by Emily Dickinson.'

Presents books on poetry. 'Concrete Poetry: A World View,' edited with an introduction by Mary Ellen Solt, co-edited by Willis Barnstone; 'An Anthology of Concrete Poetry,' edited by Emmett Williams; 'Anthology of Concretism,' edited by Eugene Wildman.

Focuses on an article entitled 'Poetry People Live By,' by Mark van Doren on the importance of the poetry to human life, published in the September 1943 issue of the journal 'Good Housekeeping.'