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... attitude he ex- presses in his poem . In looking for this attitude , it may be helpful to try to state the theme of a poem : that central thought which the poem as a whole conveys . Theme is not the same as " subject matter . " For ...
... attitude he ex- presses in his poem . In looking for this attitude , it may be helpful to try to state the theme of a poem : that central thought which the poem as a whole conveys . Theme is not the same as " subject matter . " For ...
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... attitude from other evidence . Mainly , we have to read his words as closely as possible . Like tone of voice , tone in literature is whatever conveys an atti- tude toward the person being addressed . Like the manner of a per- son , the ...
... attitude from other evidence . Mainly , we have to read his words as closely as possible . Like tone of voice , tone in literature is whatever conveys an atti- tude toward the person being addressed . Like the manner of a per- son , the ...
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... attitude toward his subject ? 5. Whom does the speaker address ? What attitude does he take to- ward this hearer ? 6. Is there any ironic discrepancy between attitudes expressed by the speaker and those we are supposed to feel ? 7. Is ...
... attitude toward his subject ? 5. Whom does the speaker address ? What attitude does he take to- ward this hearer ? 6. Is there any ironic discrepancy between attitudes expressed by the speaker and those we are supposed to feel ? 7. Is ...
Common terms and phrases
A. E. HOUSMAN alliteration aloud attitude ballad beauty bird Blake breath called child connotations dark dead dear death diction doth E. E. Cummings earth Eliot Emily Dickinson English eyes face feel figures of speech flowers GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS green hand hath hear heart heaven Hurroo iambic iambic pentameter J. V. CUNNINGHAM John Johnny kind leaves light live look Lord meaning metaphor meter Milton mind moon mother myth never night o'er paraphrase pattern pleasure poem's poet poet's poetry prose QUESTIONS reader reading reprinted rhythm rime Robert Frost Robert Lowell simile sing sleep song sonnet soul sound speaker stanza star stress suggests sweet syllables symbol T. S. Eliot tell thee theme things Thomas thou thought tone tree verse W. H. Auden WILLIAM WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS wind words Wordsworth Yeats