The Groundwork of Criticism: Judging PoetryOxford University Press, 1947 - 175 pages |
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... note , too , in Pope's great satire , The Rape of the Lock . But here it is a futility which moves us not to tears but to laughter . The poem is narrative in form . It tells a story . It presents human characters and shows them in ...
... note , too , in Pope's great satire , The Rape of the Lock . But here it is a futility which moves us not to tears but to laughter . The poem is narrative in form . It tells a story . It presents human characters and shows them in ...
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... Note the sober tints in the last stanza : Vacant , pensive , inward eye , bliss of solitude ( compared with jocund ) . These sober tints are harmonized with the general pattern of the last stanza , the last line of which re - introduces ...
... Note the sober tints in the last stanza : Vacant , pensive , inward eye , bliss of solitude ( compared with jocund ) . These sober tints are harmonized with the general pattern of the last stanza , the last line of which re - introduces ...
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... Note , too , the balance of the phrases , burgeoning with promise . ... their bloom to - be . Note the aptness of the simile of the school - girls . There are two points of comparison : ( i ) The urgency of the pinks - thronging ...
... Note , too , the balance of the phrases , burgeoning with promise . ... their bloom to - be . Note the aptness of the simile of the school - girls . There are two points of comparison : ( i ) The urgency of the pinks - thronging ...
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Groundwork of Criticism Judging Poetry (Classic Reprint) Stanley C. Glassey No preview available - 2018 |
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