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Page 37
... wicked- ness . 70. Hy , Zy , Hine : possibly the sound of a bell to announce evening devotions , possibly the beginning of a formula to summon the Devil . JONATHAN SWIFT ( 1667-1745 ) On Stella's Birthday Stella this 37.
... wicked- ness . 70. Hy , Zy , Hine : possibly the sound of a bell to announce evening devotions , possibly the beginning of a formula to summon the Devil . JONATHAN SWIFT ( 1667-1745 ) On Stella's Birthday Stella this 37.
Page 176
... Beginning to write a poem , the poet finds his blank page lying in wait , much like a painter's canvas . At times he may try to be a graphic artist and to entertain the eye as well as the ear . To at least some extent , our pleasure in ...
... Beginning to write a poem , the poet finds his blank page lying in wait , much like a painter's canvas . At times he may try to be a graphic artist and to entertain the eye as well as the ear . To at least some extent , our pleasure in ...
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... beginning , middle , and conclusion ? 6. Do the statements in a poem display any ascending or descending order of abstraction ? That is , do they move from generalizations to par- ticular details , or vice versa ? ― 7. Is anything ...
... beginning , middle , and conclusion ? 6. Do the statements in a poem display any ascending or descending order of abstraction ? That is , do they move from generalizations to par- ticular details , or vice versa ? ― 7. Is anything ...
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