The Groundwork of Criticism: Judging PoetryOxford University Press, 1947 - 175 pages |
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... sings ? Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow For old , unhappy , far - off things , And battles long ago : Or is it ... sing , Then , laughing , sports and plays with me ; Then stretches out my golden wing , And mocks my loss of liberty ...
... sings ? Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow For old , unhappy , far - off things , And battles long ago : Or is it ... sing , Then , laughing , sports and plays with me ; Then stretches out my golden wing , And mocks my loss of liberty ...
Page 85
... sing the furious troops in battle join'd ! Methinks I hear the drum's tumultuous sound , The victor's shouts and dying groans confound , The dreadful burst of cannon rend the skies , And all the thunder of the battle rise . " Twas then ...
... sing the furious troops in battle join'd ! Methinks I hear the drum's tumultuous sound , The victor's shouts and dying groans confound , The dreadful burst of cannon rend the skies , And all the thunder of the battle rise . " Twas then ...
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... sing , and singing in their glory move , And wipe the tears for ever from his eyes . Now , Lycidas , the shepherds weep no more ; Henceforth thou art the genius of the shore , In thy large recompense , and shalt be good To all that ...
... sing , and singing in their glory move , And wipe the tears for ever from his eyes . Now , Lycidas , the shepherds weep no more ; Henceforth thou art the genius of the shore , In thy large recompense , and shalt be good To all that ...
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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