The Groundwork of CriticismOxford University Press, 1947 - 175 pages |
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Page 82
... pleasure generally . ' Spring ' is the conventional metaphor for ' Youth ' , as ' Fire ' is for the attributes of Youth . In the next line the metaphorical expression is more original . ' Repentance ' as a cloak for sins of pleasure is ...
... pleasure generally . ' Spring ' is the conventional metaphor for ' Youth ' , as ' Fire ' is for the attributes of Youth . In the next line the metaphorical expression is more original . ' Repentance ' as a cloak for sins of pleasure is ...
Page 131
... pleasure . II . Joy . NOTE . These , and any other poems , may be considered in the light of any other of the ' starting - points ' mentioned in Chapter I. It will be a useful exercise for you to judge poems from as many points of view ...
... pleasure . II . Joy . NOTE . These , and any other poems , may be considered in the light of any other of the ' starting - points ' mentioned in Chapter I. It will be a useful exercise for you to judge poems from as many points of view ...
Page 160
... pleasure In the fragrant brilliance of the Christmas tree , Pleasure in the wind , the sunlight and the sea ; Studies the sunlit pattern on the floor And running stags around a silver tray ; Confounds the actual and the fanciful ...
... pleasure In the fragrant brilliance of the Christmas tree , Pleasure in the wind , the sunlight and the sea ; Studies the sunlit pattern on the floor And running stags around a silver tray ; Confounds the actual and the fanciful ...
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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