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... meaning of bent impossible , makes us realize with a sense of discovery the inner , moral meaning— intent , tendency . ( In checking this , I discovered , to my surprise , that the noun bent is also a stiff flower - stalk ' -a further ...
... meaning of bent impossible , makes us realize with a sense of discovery the inner , moral meaning— intent , tendency . ( In checking this , I discovered , to my surprise , that the noun bent is also a stiff flower - stalk ' -a further ...
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... meaning , or could say why you were here Who now are gone , what purpose gave you breath Or seized it back , might I not hear your voice ? I looked out of my window in the dark At waves with diamond quills and combs of light That arched ...
... meaning , or could say why you were here Who now are gone , what purpose gave you breath Or seized it back , might I not hear your voice ? I looked out of my window in the dark At waves with diamond quills and combs of light That arched ...
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... meaning and logic ( a struggle in which I am by no means sure I have succeeded ) : the poetry is not carrying its ... meaning . The poem positively directs us to search for what the images ' mean ' : they have to be seen in conjunction ...
... meaning and logic ( a struggle in which I am by no means sure I have succeeded ) : the poetry is not carrying its ... meaning . The poem positively directs us to search for what the images ' mean ' : they have to be seen in conjunction ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
BEN JONSON Continued | 27 |
ROSALINDS MADRIGAL | 33 |
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