The Language Poets Use

abstraction alliteration allusion ambiguity appear aspect associated attitude become beginning bring chapter clear comes common complex concerned connection consider context course critical death definition depends describe diction difficulty discussion effect elements Eliot's example experience expression fact feel figurative fire formal function further give given hand human important individual instance interest involved kind language less linguistic literal literary London look meaning merely metaphor mind move nature object ordinary particular passage pattern perhaps phrase play poem poet poet's poetic poetry possible present problem question reader reality reason reference relation relationships seems sense sentence Shakespeare simile simple situation sonnet speak stanza striking structure success suggest symbol syntax talking thing thought tion true turn verbal verse vocabulary whole words writing