The Groundwork of CriticismOxford University Press, 1947 - 175 pages |
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... language which compels notice , his use of metaphor . Shakespeare does not use figurative language in the sense that other writers appear to use it . He seems to think in metaphor , to see things in relation to other things , and in ...
... language which compels notice , his use of metaphor . Shakespeare does not use figurative language in the sense that other writers appear to use it . He seems to think in metaphor , to see things in relation to other things , and in ...
Page 81
... language but because of its compression . In places the meaning is obscure because of this . These are occasional characteristics of Shakespeare's latest poetic style . At times this compression makes his language appear clumsy and ugly ...
... language but because of its compression . In places the meaning is obscure because of this . These are occasional characteristics of Shakespeare's latest poetic style . At times this compression makes his language appear clumsy and ugly ...
Page 138
... language , too , is fanciful , rather than penetrating , amusing rather than deeply disturbing or excit- ing . " This fellow pecks up wit as pigeons pease , ' " This gallant pins the wenches on his sleeve , ' " This is the flower that ...
... language , too , is fanciful , rather than penetrating , amusing rather than deeply disturbing or excit- ing . " This fellow pecks up wit as pigeons pease , ' " This gallant pins the wenches on his sleeve , ' " This is the flower that ...
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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