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... speech to illustrate their thoughts in much the same way a prose writer might . Their figures of speech tend to define rather than to invite speculation . The quotation below , from Alexander Pope's An Essay on Man will illustrate ...
... speech to illustrate their thoughts in much the same way a prose writer might . Their figures of speech tend to define rather than to invite speculation . The quotation below , from Alexander Pope's An Essay on Man will illustrate ...
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... speech , any attempt to define their functions would be futile . In order to begin analyzing poetry with some basic theories on what metaphorical speech can do , however , it might be well to review some of its more obvious ...
... speech , any attempt to define their functions would be futile . In order to begin analyzing poetry with some basic theories on what metaphorical speech can do , however , it might be well to review some of its more obvious ...
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... speech is a tool for vivifying or exploring an idea . To say that one eats like a bird is to use " bird " as ... speech are somehow mutually exclusive ; they indicate that the image may appear in the figure of speech without neces ...
... speech is a tool for vivifying or exploring an idea . To say that one eats like a bird is to use " bird " as ... speech are somehow mutually exclusive ; they indicate that the image may appear in the figure of speech without neces ...
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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