The Heritage of American Literature, Volume 1Lyon Norman Richardson Ginn, 1951 - American literature |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 62
Page 80
... poem , an aspect further apparent in the use of intentional ambiguity and of metrical roughness . The idea of money from ore to coin informs the poem . It gains clarity through the poem's clear division of thought : the first eight ...
... poem , an aspect further apparent in the use of intentional ambiguity and of metrical roughness . The idea of money from ore to coin informs the poem . It gains clarity through the poem's clear division of thought : the first eight ...
Page 520
... poem . I hold that a long poem does not exist . I maintain that the phrase , " a long poem , " is simply a flat contradiction in terms . I need scarcely observe that a poem deserves its title only inasmuch as it excites , by elevating ...
... poem . I hold that a long poem does not exist . I maintain that the phrase , " a long poem , " is simply a flat contradiction in terms . I need scarcely observe that a poem deserves its title only inasmuch as it excites , by elevating ...
Page 703
... poem , Some simple and heartfelt lay , That shall soothe this restless feeling , And banish the thoughts of day . Not from the grand old masters , Not from the bards sublime , Whose distant footsteps echo Through the corridors of Time ...
... poem , Some simple and heartfelt lay , That shall soothe this restless feeling , And banish the thoughts of day . Not from the grand old masters , Not from the bards sublime , Whose distant footsteps echo Through the corridors of Time ...
Common terms and phrases
American Literature Anneke appeared beauty BIBLIOGRAPHY Boston Bryant called character Christ church colonies Cotton Mather death divine earth Edgar Allan Poe edition Emerson England English essays Ethan Brand eyes father fear Freneau friends give Guert hand hath Hawthorne head heart heaven horses Indians Irving James Fenimore Cooper John Jonathan Edwards King Lady land letters liberty Ligeia light literary live look Lord manner matter Maypole ment Merry Ann mind nation nature never night o'er person Philip Freneau poem poet poetry political poor published Puritan Ralph Waldo Emerson religion river round seemed shore sleigh society soul spirit sweet tell thee things Thomas Paine thou thought tion trees truth unto Virginia voice Washington Irving whole wife wild William William Cullen Bryant word writing young youth