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... describe a sordid reality which prepare the reader for the last three lines which describe a situation in the speaker's mind . If the poem succeeds in these final lines , it succeeds as pure symbol , for the images named have completely ...
... describe a sordid reality which prepare the reader for the last three lines which describe a situation in the speaker's mind . If the poem succeeds in these final lines , it succeeds as pure symbol , for the images named have completely ...
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... Describe the rhythm accompanying the motion portrayed in this poem . Other Musical Effects Aside from rhyme , the poet has an assortment of types of repetition that is so varied that there is no suitable catalog of terms to describe ...
... Describe the rhythm accompanying the motion portrayed in this poem . Other Musical Effects Aside from rhyme , the poet has an assortment of types of repetition that is so varied that there is no suitable catalog of terms to describe ...
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... describe the speaker's relationship with the woman ? Is his involvement purely intellectual ? If not , how would you describe the emotional element ? 3. A unifying strain of vocabulary in the poem involves wealth and the exchange of ...
... describe the speaker's relationship with the woman ? Is his involvement purely intellectual ? If not , how would you describe the emotional element ? 3. A unifying strain of vocabulary in the poem involves wealth and the exchange of ...
Contents
PURPOSE AND FORM | 15 |
Lyrical and Narrative | 28 |
HOW TO READ A POEM | 39 |
Copyright | |
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Common terms and phrases
A. E. Housman allusion anapest beauty bird called character connotation consonant couplet dark death diction dream E. E. Cummings emotional English example experience eyes feel figurative language figures of speech following poem free verse Gerard Manley Hopkins heart human iambic iambic pentameter idea imagery images ironic irony John Donne kind light literal live meaning meter metrical metrical foot mind monologue moon musical effects myth never night Notice paradox pattern pentameter picture poem poem's poet poet's poetic poetry prose QUESTIONS reader reading repetition reprinted by permission rhyme rhythm Richard Cory Richard Wilbur Robert sense sings sleep song sonnet sound speaker stanza statement story suggest symbols T. S. Eliot tell thee things thou thought tone tree understand voice vowel W. H. Auden wind word choice write