The Groundwork of CriticismOxford University Press, 1947 - 175 pages |
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Page 62
... death of his wife , or that to his wife when he is plotting the murder of Banquo . O my love ! my wife ! Death , that hath suck'd the honey of thy breath , Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty : Thou art not conquer'd ; beauty's ensign ...
... death of his wife , or that to his wife when he is plotting the murder of Banquo . O my love ! my wife ! Death , that hath suck'd the honey of thy breath , Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty : Thou art not conquer'd ; beauty's ensign ...
Page 81
... death upon the fallen . In lines twelve to fifteen , the figurative language , marked by extreme vividness and ... death there , ' painted ' is a vivid image suggesting that the gate is thickly overlaid with the blood of men . ' Shunless ...
... death upon the fallen . In lines twelve to fifteen , the figurative language , marked by extreme vividness and ... death there , ' painted ' is a vivid image suggesting that the gate is thickly overlaid with the blood of men . ' Shunless ...
Page 86
... Death wean'd thee from the world , and sin . Softly rest all thy virgin - crumbs Lapt in the sweets of thy young breath , Expecting till thy Saviour comes To dress them , and unswaddle death ! HENRY VAUGHAN 7. To be , or not to be ...
... Death wean'd thee from the world , and sin . Softly rest all thy virgin - crumbs Lapt in the sweets of thy young breath , Expecting till thy Saviour comes To dress them , and unswaddle death ! HENRY VAUGHAN 7. To be , or not to be ...
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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