The Groundwork of Criticism: Judging PoetryOxford University Press, 1947 - 175 pages |
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Page 43
... sound of war Has lost its terrors ere it reaches me ; Grieves , but alarms me not . I mourn the pride And av'rice that makes man a wolf to man ; Hear the faint echo of those brazen throats By which he speaks the language of his heart ...
... sound of war Has lost its terrors ere it reaches me ; Grieves , but alarms me not . I mourn the pride And av'rice that makes man a wolf to man ; Hear the faint echo of those brazen throats By which he speaks the language of his heart ...
Page 71
... sounds and nasal sounds , obviously suggests to the ear as well as to the understanding the figure of a steel - clad knight striding over rocky mountain paths . Dry ... sound of the word oozings and the following phrase hours by WORDS 71.
... sounds and nasal sounds , obviously suggests to the ear as well as to the understanding the figure of a steel - clad knight striding over rocky mountain paths . Dry ... sound of the word oozings and the following phrase hours by WORDS 71.
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... sound in the word ride the metallic cloppety - clop sound of the first passage is lacking . Now read through the third passage , and then mark the strong stresses . In the first , fifth , and sixth lines it will be noticed there are two ...
... sound in the word ride the metallic cloppety - clop sound of the first passage is lacking . Now read through the third passage , and then mark the strong stresses . In the first , fifth , and sixth lines it will be noticed there are two ...
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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Groundwork of Criticism Judging Poetry (Classic Reprint) Stanley C. Glassey No preview available - 2018 |
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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