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... facts about disaster , yet somehow we are insulated against many of these facts because they do not involve us imaginatively . Karl Shapiro's " Auto Wreck " ( see p . 376 ) says more about the subject than the fact that 500 Americans ...
... facts about disaster , yet somehow we are insulated against many of these facts because they do not involve us imaginatively . Karl Shapiro's " Auto Wreck " ( see p . 376 ) says more about the subject than the fact that 500 Americans ...
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... facts about bats cannot match the sensation of seeing one . A poem can create in the mind for an instant a vital sense of the creature , though the facts may be , from the point of view of the natural scientist , hazy and general ...
... facts about bats cannot match the sensation of seeing one . A poem can create in the mind for an instant a vital sense of the creature , though the facts may be , from the point of view of the natural scientist , hazy and general ...
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... fact , the first line is the one most likely to be irregu- lar . Preferably , you should go through the entire poem or read at least six or seven lines aloud in search of the dominant pattern or repetition . It is this dominant pattern ...
... fact , the first line is the one most likely to be irregu- lar . Preferably , you should go through the entire poem or read at least six or seven lines aloud in search of the dominant pattern or repetition . It is this dominant pattern ...
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PURPOSE AND FORM | 15 |
Ben Jonson 323 | 27 |
Lyrical and Narrative | 28 |
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allusion arrangement attitude beauty become begins called character comes connotation create dark death describe effect emotional English example experience Explain expression eyes face fact fall feel figurative give given hand head heart human idea imagery images impression involved ironic irony kind language leaves less light literal live look meaning meter mind move nature never night notice objects once passed pattern person picture play poem poet poet's poetry QUESTIONS reader reading repetition response rhyme rhythm Robert seems sense sleep song sound speak speaker speech stand stanza statement story stressed suggest syllables symbols tell thee things thou thought tone tree true trying turned understand verse voice words writer