Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and DramaX. J. Kennedy |
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... SPEAK FIGURATIVELY ? " I will speak daggers to her , but use none , " says Hamlet , preparing to confront his mother . His statement makes sense only because we realize that daggers is to be taken two ways : literally ( denoting sharp ...
... SPEAK FIGURATIVELY ? " I will speak daggers to her , but use none , " says Hamlet , preparing to confront his mother . His statement makes sense only because we realize that daggers is to be taken two ways : literally ( denoting sharp ...
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... speak concern- ing the actions of men ; but like yourself when speaking about Homer , they do not speak of them by any rules of art : they are simply inspired to utter that to which the Muse impels them , and that only ; and when ...
... speak concern- ing the actions of men ; but like yourself when speaking about Homer , they do not speak of them by any rules of art : they are simply inspired to utter that to which the Muse impels them , and that only ; and when ...
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... speak More than pertains to feats of broils and battle ; And therefore little shall I grace my cause In speaking for myself . Yet , by your gracious patience , I will a round unvarnished tale deliver Of my whole course of love — what ...
... speak More than pertains to feats of broils and battle ; And therefore little shall I grace my cause In speaking for myself . Yet , by your gracious patience , I will a round unvarnished tale deliver Of my whole course of love — what ...
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A. E. Housman asked Brabantio breath called Cassio character child Choragos Creon dark dead death Desdemona door E. E. Cummings Emilia Emily Dickinson English eyes face father feel felt fiction girl hair Hale hand head hear heard heart heaven Iago Ivan Ilych knew lady lago laughed light live look lord mean mind mother moved never night novel Oedipus Othello Ozzie Peter Ivanovich play poem poet poetry QUESTIONS Rabbi Binder rhythm rime Robert Frost Roderigo rose Rose for Emily seemed sing smile song soul sound speak stand stood story T. S. Eliot Teiresias tell thee things thou thought told turned Turpin voice W. H. Auden walked watch wife William William Butler Yeats woman words writing young