The Children's Poets: Analyses and Appraisals of the Greatest English and American Poets for Children, for Use in Normal Schools, Library Schools, and Homes |
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... fancies : I imagine that almost every grown - up has something like them tucked away in heart and head . " Sherman belongs distinctively to the Stevenson school of children's poets . Perhaps it will be profitable to compare Mr. Sherman ...
... fancies : I imagine that almost every grown - up has something like them tucked away in heart and head . " Sherman belongs distinctively to the Stevenson school of children's poets . Perhaps it will be profitable to compare Mr. Sherman ...
Page 203
... fancies , fancies of the kind the child coins for himself , fancies with a bit of surprise in them , fancies that stretch the mind , so to speak , and then snap it together again . Such fancies should lie scattered like stars in poetry ...
... fancies , fancies of the kind the child coins for himself , fancies with a bit of surprise in them , fancies that stretch the mind , so to speak , and then snap it together again . Such fancies should lie scattered like stars in poetry ...
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... fancies together . In any attempt to appraise children's poetry , Little - Folk Lyrics must be regarded as a faithful interpretation and an artistic expression of certain fundamental qualities and thoughts of childhood . In dignity ...
... fancies together . In any attempt to appraise children's poetry , Little - Folk Lyrics must be regarded as a faithful interpretation and an artistic expression of certain fundamental qualities and thoughts of childhood . In dignity ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I CHILDRENS POETRY AND CHILDRENS POETS | 1 |
MOTHER GOOSE | 11 |
ANN AND JANE TAYLOR | 49 |
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