Poems and PoetsDavid Aloian Edgar Allan Poe ; Robert Frost ; Alfred Edward Housman ; William Butler Yeats. |
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... Kind , ” by Stephen Crane ? Is the poet's voice sincere ? Mocking ? Is it bitter ? Gentle ? War Is Kind STEPHEN CRANE Do not weep maiden , for war is kind . Because your lover threw wild hands toward the sky And the affrighted steed ran ...
... Kind , ” by Stephen Crane ? Is the poet's voice sincere ? Mocking ? Is it bitter ? Gentle ? War Is Kind STEPHEN CRANE Do not weep maiden , for war is kind . Because your lover threw wild hands toward the sky And the affrighted steed ran ...
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... kind . " War is Kind " is a very powerfully felt poem spoken in a bitterly angry tone of voice . The words War is kind do not really mean what they say ; in fact , they mean the exact opposite . The words are ironic . Irony exists when ...
... kind . " War is Kind " is a very powerfully felt poem spoken in a bitterly angry tone of voice . The words War is kind do not really mean what they say ; in fact , they mean the exact opposite . The words are ironic . Irony exists when ...
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... kind ; And you need not show that you mind When the others come in after hunting To gobble their muffins and eggs . Does it matter ? -losing your sight ? ... There's such splendid work for the blind ; And people will always be kind , As ...
... kind ; And you need not show that you mind When the others come in after hunting To gobble their muffins and eggs . Does it matter ? -losing your sight ? ... There's such splendid work for the blind ; And people will always be kind , As ...
Contents
RHYTHM RHYME AND SOUND EFFECTS | 21 |
The Creation of Beauty | 43 |
SIMILES METAPHORS AND SYMBOLS | 69 |
Copyright | |
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A. E. Housman ballads beauty bells bird breath bright Copyright cried Danny Deever dark daughter dead dear death door doth dream earth eternal eyes face fall father fell fire flower free verse grass Gunga Din hand head hear heard heart heaven horse Housman iambic John Henry JOHN KEATS lady lake Lawd leaves light live look Lord lover meaning metaphor meter moon moonlight morning mother never night o'er Ogden Nash poem poet poetry prose raven rhyme rhythm RICHARD ARMOUR Robert Frost sail shadow shine sing sleep smile song Sonnet soul sound stand stanza stars stone stood sweet syllables T. S. ELIOT tell thee things thou thought tone tree Twas voice W. H. AUDEN walk wild William Butler Yeats WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE WILLIAM WORDSWORTH wind wings words young