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... natural piety by which men could see the hand of God in nature . The World Is Too Much with Us The world is too much with us ; late and soon , Getting and spending , we lay waste our powers : 5 10 Little we see in Nature that is ours ...
... natural piety by which men could see the hand of God in nature . The World Is Too Much with Us The world is too much with us ; late and soon , Getting and spending , we lay waste our powers : 5 10 Little we see in Nature that is ours ...
Page 129
... nature ? 2. Notice the references to the relationship between the sea and the moon ( line 5 ) and to the winds which " will be howling , " but which are , for now , held in check ( line 6 ) . What characters from mythology may be ...
... nature ? 2. Notice the references to the relationship between the sea and the moon ( line 5 ) and to the winds which " will be howling , " but which are , for now , held in check ( line 6 ) . What characters from mythology may be ...
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... nature gave me at my birth , My shaping spirit of Imagination . For not to think of what I needs must feel , But to be still and patient , all I can ; And haply by abstruse research to steal From my own nature all the natural man— This ...
... nature gave me at my birth , My shaping spirit of Imagination . For not to think of what I needs must feel , But to be still and patient , all I can ; And haply by abstruse research to steal From my own nature all the natural man— This ...
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