The Groundwork of CriticismOxford University Press, 1947 - 175 pages |
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... strong reaction against his narrow religious environment , the world of ' Holy Willie ' and his like , and the equally vigorous expression of his own twin passions for strong drink and fair women . Whether the influence of the religious ...
... strong reaction against his narrow religious environment , the world of ' Holy Willie ' and his like , and the equally vigorous expression of his own twin passions for strong drink and fair women . Whether the influence of the religious ...
Page 96
... strong a stress as the other stressed syllables . In the third foot of the second line the syllable ' slow- ' in ' slowly ' bears a strong stress ; the word ' winds ' , however , is also stressed , and is hence marked with a grave ...
... strong a stress as the other stressed syllables . In the third foot of the second line the syllable ' slow- ' in ' slowly ' bears a strong stress ; the word ' winds ' , however , is also stressed , and is hence marked with a grave ...
Page 103
... strong stresses , on the second , fifth , eighth and eleventh syllables respectively , the remaining syllables being either unstressed or lightly stressed . The line is thus made up of an iambus , followed by three anapaests . The ...
... strong stresses , on the second , fifth , eighth and eleventh syllables respectively , the remaining syllables being either unstressed or lightly stressed . The line is thus made up of an iambus , followed by three anapaests . 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