The Groundwork of CriticismOxford University Press, 1947 - 175 pages |
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Page 22
... note , too , in Pope's great satire , The Rape of the Lock . But here it is a futility which moves us not to tears but to laughter . The poem is narrative in form . It tells a story . It presents human characters and shows them in ...
... note , too , in Pope's great satire , The Rape of the Lock . But here it is a futility which moves us not to tears but to laughter . The poem is narrative in form . It tells a story . It presents human characters and shows them in ...
Page 83
... NOTE . Some of these comments may be , probably are , valid for most readers of poetry , some of them may be valid for a few , some of them valid for none but the writer of these notes . Read the passages and compare your own ...
... NOTE . Some of these comments may be , probably are , valid for most readers of poetry , some of them may be valid for a few , some of them valid for none but the writer of these notes . Read the passages and compare your own ...
Page 121
... Note the sober tints in the last stanza : Vacant , pensive , inward eye , bliss of solitude ( compared with jocund ) . These sober tints are harmonized with the general pattern of the last stanza , the last line of which re - introduces ...
... Note the sober tints in the last stanza : Vacant , pensive , inward eye , bliss of solitude ( compared with jocund ) . These sober tints are harmonized with the general pattern of the last stanza , the last line of which re - introduces ...
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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