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... conveys both the scene and the poet's reaction in a quietly dramatic manner . The scene is defined - the action of ... conveyed in one of those felicitous statements in which the words seem to drop into place with inevitable rightness ...
... conveys both the scene and the poet's reaction in a quietly dramatic manner . The scene is defined - the action of ... conveyed in one of those felicitous statements in which the words seem to drop into place with inevitable rightness ...
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... conveyed in ' simple and unelaborated expressions ' . All this makes the laying of the first stone a covenant that should be sacred to the boy . The boy sets off with a bold face and the good wishes of the little community ; the mother ...
... conveyed in ' simple and unelaborated expressions ' . All this makes the laying of the first stone a covenant that should be sacred to the boy . The boy sets off with a bold face and the good wishes of the little community ; the mother ...
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... conveyed with the quiet assurance of deep and habitual realization . Human love is blessed with the sweetness of fertility by the action of spirits ; and the whole earth - until now Expectant , waiting for the day when it would ' share ...
... conveyed with the quiet assurance of deep and habitual realization . Human love is blessed with the sweetness of fertility by the action of spirits ; and the whole earth - until now Expectant , waiting for the day when it would ' share ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
With hym ther was his sone a yong Squier | 7 |
BALLADS | 13 |
Copyright | |
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alliteration beauty bird blank verse blood breath bright charm clouds colour conveyed couplet dance dark dead death delight Donne doth dream earth effect English English Poetry eternal experience expression eyes F. R. Leavis fair fear feeling flowers Gerard Manley Hopkins give grace hath hear heart heaven human imagination James McAuley Jonson Judith Wright Keats king King Lear kiss L. C. Knights leaves light lines lips living look Lord lovers Lycidas Macbeth Milton mind moon nature never night o'er passage passion phrase play pleasure poem poet poetic poetry reality realized rhyme rhythm rich satiric Scholar Gipsy seems sense Shakespeare sing sleep soft song soul sound spirit spring stanza stars strong suggestion surprising sweet T. S. Eliot TAMBURLAINE tears Tell thee theme things thou thought tone trees turn verse vision vitality voice VOLPONE wind words youth