The Groundwork of Criticism: Judging PoetryOxford University Press, 1947 - 175 pages |
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... falls asunder at the touch of fire . Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air , that moment they are free , They touch our country and their shackles fall . That's noble , and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous ...
... falls asunder at the touch of fire . Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air , that moment they are free , They touch our country and their shackles fall . That's noble , and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous ...
Page 105
... fall ; The waters fall with difference discreet , Now soft , now loud , unto the wind did call ; The gentle warbling wind low answered to all . It will be noticed that in four out of the nine lines there is no departure from regular ...
... fall ; The waters fall with difference discreet , Now soft , now loud , unto the wind did call ; The gentle warbling wind low answered to all . It will be noticed that in four out of the nine lines there is no departure from regular ...
Page 107
... fall is intensified by the first two feet , iambus and spondee , balanced by the spondee in the fourth foot . 3 ... Falling asleep in a half - dream ! To dream and dream , like yonder amber light , Which will not leave the myrrh - bush ...
... fall is intensified by the first two feet , iambus and spondee , balanced by the spondee in the fourth foot . 3 ... Falling asleep in a half - dream ! To dream and dream , like yonder amber light , Which will not leave the myrrh - bush ...
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