English Poems and Ballads: An Anthology of Narrative Verse |
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... poetry . In com- munities where there is no reading or writing , or where only a few people can read or write , poetry goes hand - in- hand with dancing or singing , especially singing . The earliest poets were usually minstrels or ...
... poetry . In com- munities where there is no reading or writing , or where only a few people can read or write , poetry goes hand - in- hand with dancing or singing , especially singing . The earliest poets were usually minstrels or ...
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... poetry gives . The rhythm and rhyme that form a pattern of sound , and the poet's dramatic and moving way of telling his story , give to his verse narrative something that is not found in prose narrative . WHAT IS POETRY FOR ? Readers ...
... poetry gives . The rhythm and rhyme that form a pattern of sound , and the poet's dramatic and moving way of telling his story , give to his verse narrative something that is not found in prose narrative . WHAT IS POETRY FOR ? Readers ...
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... poetry is important , or that a particular poem is something of great beauty and value . But when we have felt the power of a poem the need to justify it by reason falls away . The poem justifies itself . When some of the words in a ...
... poetry is important , or that a particular poem is something of great beauty and value . But when we have felt the power of a poem the need to justify it by reason falls away . The poem justifies itself . When some of the words in a ...
Contents
The Holy Well Anonymous | 1 |
Hiawathas Childhood H W Longfellow | 7 |
Hiawathas Wooing H W Longfellow | 13 |
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