The Groundwork of Criticism: Judging PoetryOxford University Press, 1947 - 175 pages |
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... breath , A waste of breath the years behind In balance with this life , this death . Not , Celia , that I juster am Or better than the rest ; For I would change each hour , like them , Were not my heart at rest . But I am tied to very ...
... breath , A waste of breath the years behind In balance with this life , this death . Not , Celia , that I juster am Or better than the rest ; For I would change each hour , like them , Were not my heart at rest . But I am tied to very ...
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... breath ? The purple pride Which on thy soft cheek for complexion dwells In my love's veins thou hast too grossly dyed . The lily I condemned for thy hand , And buds of marjoram had stol'n thy hair ; The roses fearfully on thorns did ...
... breath ? The purple pride Which on thy soft cheek for complexion dwells In my love's veins thou hast too grossly dyed . The lily I condemned for thy hand , And buds of marjoram had stol'n thy hair ; The roses fearfully on thorns did ...
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... breath , and looking as he walk'd , Larger than human on the frozen hills . He heard the deep behind him , and a cry ... breathing Zephyrus did softly play A gentle spirit , that lightly did delay Hot Titans beames , which then did ...
... breath , and looking as he walk'd , Larger than human on the frozen hills . He heard the deep behind him , and a cry ... breathing Zephyrus did softly play A gentle spirit , that lightly did delay Hot Titans beames , which then did ...
Contents
WHAT IS POETRY? EXERCISES | 7 |
KINDS OF POETRY | 19 |
INFLUENCES IV WORDS V IMAGERY EXERCISES VI SWING EXERCISES 7 19 | 37 |
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ALEXANDER POPE alley anapaests bear beauty breath Cheddar Pinks conceit dactyl daffodils dance dark darling dead death doth dreams dying earth echoes Elegy emotive example expression eyes Faerie Queene fancy feel feet figurative language flowers following passage following poem foot Hamlet hath hear heart heaven human iambic idea imagery images inverted stress LAURENCE BINYON light lines lives LORD TENNYSON Lycidas lyric maid MATTHEW ARNOLD metaphor metre mind moon narrative poems nature ne'er o'er pale phrase plays poet poet's poetry questions printed Read carefully rhyme rhythm ROBERT ROBERT BURNS round Sally satiric scene sense Shakespeare's sing sleep song sonnet soul sound speech spirit spondee stanza stars STEPHEN SPENDER stressed syllable strong stress suggests sweet T. S. Eliot thee theme thine things thou thought trochees unstressed verse W. B. Yeats Wilfred Owen WILLIAM WORDSWORTH wind words