The Groundwork of Criticism: Judging PoetryOxford University Press, 1947 - 175 pages |
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... kind old sun will know . Think how it wakes the seeds , - Woke , once , the clays of a cold star . Are limbs , so dear - achieved , are sides , Full - nerved - still warm - too hard to stir ? Was it for this the clay grew tall ? -O what ...
... kind old sun will know . Think how it wakes the seeds , - Woke , once , the clays of a cold star . Are limbs , so dear - achieved , are sides , Full - nerved - still warm - too hard to stir ? Was it for this the clay grew tall ? -O what ...
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... kind of English elegy which is too elaborate in structure , and too reflective in treat- ment to be regarded as purely lyrical . This kind of elegy requires special consideration . It is often traditional , modelled on the elegies of a ...
... kind of English elegy which is too elaborate in structure , and too reflective in treat- ment to be regarded as purely lyrical . This kind of elegy requires special consideration . It is often traditional , modelled on the elegies of a ...
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... kind . The merits of this poetry are cogency of argument , aptness of illustrative detail , and epi- grammatic brilliance of diction . The following passages taken respectively from the Essay on Criticism and the Essay on Man will ...
... kind . The merits of this poetry are cogency of argument , aptness of illustrative detail , and epi- grammatic brilliance of diction . The following passages taken respectively from the Essay on Criticism and the Essay on Man will ...
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