Rhythmic Modes

Famous quotes containing the words rhythmic and/or modes:

    “A great many quite good plays could be performed with rhythmic howls in the place of dialogue and lose almost nothing by the change.”
    —Rebecca West (1892–1983)

    “I cannot beat off
    Invincible modes of the sea, hearing:
    Be a man my son by God.
    He turned again
    To the purring jet yellowing the murder story,
    Deaf to the pathos circling in the air.”
    —Allen Tate (1899–1979)