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... better than crying ? Which word better fits the poem ? Why ? 3. What connections do you find between the last two lines and the rest of the poem ? To what are water that scarce could run and broad old cesspools ( lines 13 , 14 ) likened ...
... better than crying ? Which word better fits the poem ? Why ? 3. What connections do you find between the last two lines and the rest of the poem ? To what are water that scarce could run and broad old cesspools ( lines 13 , 14 ) likened ...
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... better reveals his understanding to himself . The reader of this book has encountered brief discussions of poems , discussions the editor wrote to illustrate a particular point . A look at A. E. Housman's " Loveliest of Trees " ( page 3 ) ...
... better reveals his understanding to himself . The reader of this book has encountered brief discussions of poems , discussions the editor wrote to illustrate a particular point . A look at A. E. Housman's " Loveliest of Trees " ( page 3 ) ...
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... better and better paraphrases of the poem until you find one that seems to fit . 4. Write a fresh essay on " Dover Beach " or on any poem of Sylvia Plath , stating your understanding of other elements of the poem that Dickey or Alvarez ...
... better and better paraphrases of the poem until you find one that seems to fit . 4. Write a fresh essay on " Dover Beach " or on any poem of Sylvia Plath , stating your understanding of other elements of the poem that Dickey or Alvarez ...
Contents
Entrances | 1 |
Figures of Speech | 2 |
The Person in the Poem | 8 |
Copyright | |
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A. E. Housman Alexander Pope alliteration anthology attitude ballad bird Blake blue called cesura concrete Concrete poetry connotations couplet dance dark dead death denotation diction dream E. E. Cummings Eliot Emily Dickinson English eyes feel figures of speech following poem Frankie Gerard Manley Hopkins green hear heart Hurroo iambic imagery irony John Johnny kiss lady language light live look Lycidas lyric meaning metaphor meter Milton's mind myth never night open form paraphrase pattern pauses phrase poem aloud poet poet's poetry Pope prose QUESTIONS reader rhythm Robert Frost simile sing song sonnet sound speak speaker stanza stresses suggest sweet syllables symbol T. S. Eliot tell thee theme thing Thomas thou thought tone tree usually verse W. H. Auden Whitman William William Butler Yeats William Carlos Williams wind Wordsworth write Yeats