Studies in the Relation of Criticism to Poetry in England . Not for the faint-hearted, this series of lectures delivered at Harvard University deal with the criticism of poetry as with poetry itself. 1984 Raffel, Burton. How To Read A Poem . Poetry is no longer a frightening monster lurking in the academic darkness, waitin to leap out and trap the poor unsuspecting reader.
Poetry is an art, and so it communicates.
And though there are cultures which have no prose, there has never been a culture that did not have poetry. And so he goes on to explore the craft and art of poetry, describing the difference between poetry and prose, the meshing of sound and sense which gives poetry its significance. Norman, Charles, ed. Poets on Poetry . The Free Press, 1962.