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Page 35
... sense of human sight ' ( 13-14 ) , throughout the poem is sought rather than found . Things are often close to in ' L'Allegro ' , as they are not in the com- panion poem : thus , ' Right against ' ( 59 ) , ' near at hand ' ( 63 ) ...
... sense of human sight ' ( 13-14 ) , throughout the poem is sought rather than found . Things are often close to in ' L'Allegro ' , as they are not in the com- panion poem : thus , ' Right against ' ( 59 ) , ' near at hand ' ( 63 ) ...
Page 164
... sense of man as tragic victim , an object of pity rather than detached Boethian in- quiry.s - The problem of stance is exacerbated by the subject - matter of the poem . Johnson gives an encyclopaedic picture of vanity , describing both ...
... sense of man as tragic victim , an object of pity rather than detached Boethian in- quiry.s - The problem of stance is exacerbated by the subject - matter of the poem . Johnson gives an encyclopaedic picture of vanity , describing both ...
Page 194
... sense that the tree is the sole sur- vivor of all things , before the particularities of the second line localise its longevity in time and place . ' A shatter'd veteran , hollow - trunk'd per- haps ' and the later ' excoriate forks ...
... sense that the tree is the sole sur- vivor of all things , before the particularities of the second line localise its longevity in time and place . ' A shatter'd veteran , hollow - trunk'd per- haps ' and the later ' excoriate forks ...
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