The Groundwork of Criticism: Judging PoetryOxford University Press, 1947 - 175 pages |
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... story . It presents human characters and shows them in action . But the main purpose appears to be not to tell a story but to kill folly by ridicule . Futility , the futility of life and human institutions is a dominant note in much ...
... story . It presents human characters and shows them in action . But the main purpose appears to be not to tell a story but to kill folly by ridicule . Futility , the futility of life and human institutions is a dominant note in much ...
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... story , its boundary lines are extremely difficult to draw . Many narrative poems contain elements of epic , philosophical , and satiric poetry . In some the narrative element is of less importance to the reader than the spirit or ...
... story , its boundary lines are extremely difficult to draw . Many narrative poems contain elements of epic , philosophical , and satiric poetry . In some the narrative element is of less importance to the reader than the spirit or ...
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... story itself . Spenser's Faerie Queene is an extended allegory , which is virtually a series of narrative poems embodying romantic stories of knightly deeds , invested , as has been said , with an ' atmosphere of moonlight , silvery ...
... story itself . Spenser's Faerie Queene is an extended allegory , which is virtually a series of narrative poems embodying romantic stories of knightly deeds , invested , as has been said , with an ' atmosphere of moonlight , silvery ...
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