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... face suddenly appears to him : at moments of great danger , in sleep when the subconscious is released , and in moments of in- toxication . The last item balances the first : the poet does not intend to falsify the experience by saying ...
... face suddenly appears to him : at moments of great danger , in sleep when the subconscious is released , and in moments of in- toxication . The last item balances the first : the poet does not intend to falsify the experience by saying ...
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... face , give an effect of reserved and solemn state- ment . But c One observes that the rime scheme is a , b , c , a , b , c . is a repetition , and not a rime . The repetition suggests that death's face , at moment of crisis when the ...
... face , give an effect of reserved and solemn state- ment . But c One observes that the rime scheme is a , b , c , a , b , c . is a repetition , and not a rime . The repetition suggests that death's face , at moment of crisis when the ...
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... face to meet the faces that you meet . " Again , the remark must be taken in character . Yet it is possible to observe , as a general truth , that we do prepare a face , an expression , a look , to meet the various " faces " that we meet- ...
... face to meet the faces that you meet . " Again , the remark must be taken in character . Yet it is possible to observe , as a general truth , that we do prepare a face , an expression , a look , to meet the various " faces " that we meet- ...
Contents
LETTER TO THE TEACHER | 1 |
A PSALM OF Life | 10 |
FOREWORD | 27 |
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A. E. HOUSMAN alliteration anapaest assonance attitude beauty BEN JONSON breath comparison contrast dark dead death Discuss doth dramatic dream dust earth effect emphasis EXERCISE eyes fact factors fair feel flowers foot give Glossary hand hath hear heart heaven iambic iambic pentameter idea imagery images instance JOHN KEATS JOHN MILTON Johnie Armstrong Keats land last stanza leaves light live look Lord lovers meaning merely meter metrical metrical variation mind moon never night nightingale o'er onomatopoeia pattern pause PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY Pioneers poem poet poet's poetic poetry prose reader relation rhythm rime ROBERT HERRICK rose second stanza sense ship silent sing sleep song soul sound spirit springs stanza form stars statement sweet tears thee theme thine things thou art thought tone tree Ulalume verse voice weep WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE wind word ΙΟ