The Groundwork of CriticismOxford University Press, 1947 - 175 pages |
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Page 93
... verses , whose soul is not she ; And can she , who no longer would be she , Being such a tabernacle stoop to be In paper wrapp'd ; or when she would not lie In such an house , dwell in an elegy ? But ' tis no matter ; we may well allow ...
... verses , whose soul is not she ; And can she , who no longer would be she , Being such a tabernacle stoop to be In paper wrapp'd ; or when she would not lie In such an house , dwell in an elegy ? But ' tis no matter ; we may well allow ...
Page 152
... verse style . It has a very high proportion of run - on lines , many lines with hypermetric syllables , and considerable variation in the position of the medial pause . Though the style is in keeping with the general level of the blank ...
... verse style . It has a very high proportion of run - on lines , many lines with hypermetric syllables , and considerable variation in the position of the medial pause . Though the style is in keeping with the general level of the blank ...
Page 154
... verse of this passage , though much more natural as a vehicle for dialogue than the sweeter , more musical verse of Shakespeare's early or middle period , lacks the sweep and vigour of some of his latest blank verse , and its high ...
... verse of this passage , though much more natural as a vehicle for dialogue than the sweeter , more musical verse of Shakespeare's early or middle period , lacks the sweep and vigour of some of his latest blank verse , and its high ...
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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