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I. A. Richards

Poetry

Spring 1959

The Screens

By I. A. Richards

SCREEN, n. and v.t. Partition of wood or stone separating without completely cutting off one part of church or room from another, esp. that between nave and choir of cathedral, […]

Poetry

Spring 1959

Lighting Fires in Snow¹

By I. A. Richards

Tread out a marble hollow   Then lay the twigs athwart,     Teepee-wise or wigwam, So that the air can follow   The match-flame from the start:    As we begin a poem   And some […]