The Groundwork of CriticismOxford University Press, 1947 - 175 pages |
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... passage here will I remain With worms that are thy chamber - maids may strike some as straining the general conception of the middle passage almost to jarring point . The images in the last few lines are distinctly at the conventional ...
... passage here will I remain With worms that are thy chamber - maids may strike some as straining the general conception of the middle passage almost to jarring point . The images in the last few lines are distinctly at the conventional ...
Page 77
... passage . 3. It is a beauteous evening , calm and free ; The holy time is quiet as a Nun Breathless with adoration ; the broad sun Is sinking down in its tranquillity ; 3. The imagery in this passage , the first four lines of one of ...
... passage . 3. It is a beauteous evening , calm and free ; The holy time is quiet as a Nun Breathless with adoration ; the broad sun Is sinking down in its tranquillity ; 3. The imagery in this passage , the first four lines of one of ...
Page 107
... passage , introducing in the syllable hear the vowel sound ( already heard in the word sweet ) of the word ' dream ' , which is to act as an undertone throughout the whole passage . It actually occurs no fewer than fifteen times in the ...
... passage , introducing in the syllable hear the vowel sound ( already heard in the word sweet ) of the word ' dream ' , which is to act as an undertone throughout the whole passage . It actually occurs no fewer than fifteen times in the ...
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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