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... objects ; are there any words referring to living things ? Experiment with interchanging the names of objects . Is anything lost by this ? 2. Taken at face value , this is a fanciful poem about what would happen if all the little bits ...
... objects ; are there any words referring to living things ? Experiment with interchanging the names of objects . Is anything lost by this ? 2. Taken at face value , this is a fanciful poem about what would happen if all the little bits ...
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... objects . " Quartz " suggests a mingling of motion and rigidity , of liquid turned stone , of flux and stasis congealed . The first stanza , with its veiled allusion to Christ's suffering " was it He , that bore , / And Yesterday , or ...
... objects . " Quartz " suggests a mingling of motion and rigidity , of liquid turned stone , of flux and stasis congealed . The first stanza , with its veiled allusion to Christ's suffering " was it He , that bore , / And Yesterday , or ...
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... objects , par- ticularly human beings , are given the qualities of the lower orders of creation does not have a ... object addressed acts as a crutch to help the speaker reflect on his thoughts . The personified ob- ject assumes a ...
... objects , par- ticularly human beings , are given the qualities of the lower orders of creation does not have a ... object addressed acts as a crutch to help the speaker reflect on his thoughts . The personified ob- ject assumes a ...
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PURPOSE AND FORM | 15 |
Ben Jonson 323 | 27 |
Lyrical and Narrative | 28 |
Copyright | |
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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