num_pages: 48
description: Kinsella says of it that he is offering close readings of a few notable works in the form of a type of response suggested by Coleridge for the appreciation of a poem. These are primary readings, taking account of textual detail, method and structure. The texts are taken as initiating an act of communication, and the reading is offered as a completion of the act, the poem read "at its own pace". Kinsella takes two sonnets by Shakespeare, "The Tower" by W.B. Yeats, and Eliot's "Prufrock" poem and offers a close reading on these lines, offering an introduction that explains what he is about.
language: English
title: Readings in Poetry
titlecomplete: Readings in Poetry
publisher: Dedalus Ltd