The Groundwork of CriticismOxford University Press, 1947 - 175 pages |
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... dying cries ' , ' dying ' is an instance of transferred epithet . The phrase means ' cries of dying men ' . The use of this figure heightens the effect . In lines fourteen to fifteen the language is more com- pressed than in any other ...
... dying cries ' , ' dying ' is an instance of transferred epithet . The phrase means ' cries of dying men ' . The use of this figure heightens the effect . In lines fourteen to fifteen the language is more com- pressed than in any other ...
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... dying , dying , dying . O hark , O hear ! how thin and clear , And thinner , clearer , farther going ! O sweet and far from cliff and scar The horns of Elfland faintly blowing ! Blow , let us hear the purple glens replying : Blow ...
... dying , dying , dying . O hark , O hear ! how thin and clear , And thinner , clearer , farther going ! O sweet and far from cliff and scar The horns of Elfland faintly blowing ! Blow , let us hear the purple glens replying : Blow ...
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... dying ears , when unto dying eyes The casement slowly grows a glimmering square ; So sad , so strange , the days that are no more . Dear as remember'd kisses after death , And sweet as those by hopeless fancy feign'd On lips that are ...
... dying ears , when unto dying eyes The casement slowly grows a glimmering square ; So sad , so strange , the days that are no more . Dear as remember'd kisses after death , And sweet as those by hopeless fancy feign'd On lips that are ...
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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