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... voice . " In reading a poem , since we can neither see the poet's face nor hear his voice , we have to infer his attitude from other evidence . Mainly , we have to read his words as closely as possible . Like tone of voice , tone in ...
... voice . " In reading a poem , since we can neither see the poet's face nor hear his voice , we have to infer his attitude from other evidence . Mainly , we have to read his words as closely as possible . Like tone of voice , tone in ...
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... voice of the living poet and the voice of the riming speaker . Still , the feelings expressed in the poem might well closely resemble those actually felt by Wordsworth himself . All poets , we might suppose , choose masks that , to some ...
... voice of the living poet and the voice of the riming speaker . Still , the feelings expressed in the poem might well closely resemble those actually felt by Wordsworth himself . All poets , we might suppose , choose masks that , to some ...
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... voices are there ; one is of the sea , / One of the mountains ; each a mighty voice . . . ” Of what other poems by Wordsworth are you reminded ? 3. Considering not only " The sun has long been set ' but other poems by Wordsworth in this ...
... voices are there ; one is of the sea , / One of the mountains ; each a mighty voice . . . ” Of what other poems by Wordsworth are you reminded ? 3. Considering not only " The sun has long been set ' but other poems by Wordsworth in this ...
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