Thomas Gray, Volume 6I have two main aims in view 1) to give the reader as much information about Thomas Gray, his poetry and his age as he will need for enjoyment of the poetry; and 2) to examine all of the poems freshly as works of literature. |
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Page 56
... opening and closing the sonnet is again evidence of the care which Gray took so that a single , though complex , effect would ensue . A little more may be observed about the construction of this beautifully unified work . It contains ...
... opening and closing the sonnet is again evidence of the care which Gray took so that a single , though complex , effect would ensue . A little more may be observed about the construction of this beautifully unified work . It contains ...
Page 82
... opening image is in- tended as a recognizable echo of Pindar , as Gray's note makes very clear : " Pindar styles his own poetry with its musical ac- companyments . . . . Æolian song , Æolian strings , the breath of the Æolian flute ...
... opening image is in- tended as a recognizable echo of Pindar , as Gray's note makes very clear : " Pindar styles his own poetry with its musical ac- companyments . . . . Æolian song , Æolian strings , the breath of the Æolian flute ...
Page 88
... openings of the strophes and antistrophes he is able to use the same meter for the sudden shock that is to simulate rapture ( the opening line of the poem ) , muted adoration ( I , 2 ) , melancholy reflection ( II , 1 ) , matter - of ...
... openings of the strophes and antistrophes he is able to use the same meter for the sudden shock that is to simulate rapture ( the opening line of the poem ) , muted adoration ( I , 2 ) , melancholy reflection ( II , 1 ) , matter - of ...
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