The Groundwork of CriticismOxford University Press, 1947 - 175 pages |
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Page 53
... things and experiences of modern life . John Masefield's Widow in the Bye Street and many other of his narrative poems ; D. H. Lawrence's Baby Tortoise , End of Another Home Holiday , and Snake ; J. R. Anderson's The Bridge ; Siegfried ...
... things and experiences of modern life . John Masefield's Widow in the Bye Street and many other of his narrative poems ; D. H. Lawrence's Baby Tortoise , End of Another Home Holiday , and Snake ; J. R. Anderson's The Bridge ; Siegfried ...
Page 62
... things in relation to other things , and in terms of other things . His figurative language ranges from the pure conceit to the most penetrating analysis of life . In his early plays his metaphors are often merely fanciful , not , be it ...
... things in relation to other things , and in terms of other things . His figurative language ranges from the pure conceit to the most penetrating analysis of life . In his early plays his metaphors are often merely fanciful , not , be it ...
Page 119
... things , animate or inanimate , are transient , We have short time to stay , as you , We have as short a Spring ... thing about them except their transience . The poet does not even mention their beauty , except by the single TRYING IT ...
... things , animate or inanimate , are transient , We have short time to stay , as you , We have as short a Spring ... thing about them except their transience . The poet does not even mention their beauty , except by the single TRYING IT ...
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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