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... eyes were like , but what the sleep was like as well . The process involved here is often used but little noticed per- haps because it does not call attention to itself as a simile or metaphor does . It is called the transferred epithet ...
... eyes were like , but what the sleep was like as well . The process involved here is often used but little noticed per- haps because it does not call attention to itself as a simile or metaphor does . It is called the transferred epithet ...
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... eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry ? In what distant deeps or skies Burnt the fire of thine eyes ? On what wings dare he aspire ? What the hand dare seize the fire ? And what shoulder , and what art , Could twist the sinews of thy ...
... eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry ? In what distant deeps or skies Burnt the fire of thine eyes ? On what wings dare he aspire ? What the hand dare seize the fire ? And what shoulder , and what art , Could twist the sinews of thy ...
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... eyes are nothing like the sun ; Her lips are not so red as coral's red : If snow be white , why then her breasts are dun ; If hairs be wires , black wires do crown her head . I've seen the damasked roses , red and white , But no such ...
... eyes are nothing like the sun ; Her lips are not so red as coral's red : If snow be white , why then her breasts are dun ; If hairs be wires , black wires do crown her head . I've seen the damasked roses , red and white , But no such ...
Contents
PURPOSE AND FORM | 15 |
Lyrical and Narrative | 28 |
HOW TO READ A POEM | 39 |
Copyright | |
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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