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... poem is chiefly useful in keeping the reader's mind “ diverted and quiet , while the poem does its work upon him . " Eliot went on to liken the meaning of a poem to the bit of meat a burglar brings along to throw to the family dog ...
... poem is chiefly useful in keeping the reader's mind “ diverted and quiet , while the poem does its work upon him . " Eliot went on to liken the meaning of a poem to the bit of meat a burglar brings along to throw to the family dog ...
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... poem tends to be stereotyped , an excellent poem unique . In judging either , we can have no absolute pre - existing specifications . A poem is not a simple mechanism like an electric toaster that an in- spector in a factory can test by ...
... poem tends to be stereotyped , an excellent poem unique . In judging either , we can have no absolute pre - existing specifications . A poem is not a simple mechanism like an electric toaster that an in- spector in a factory can test by ...
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... poem , explain- ing them for the benefit of anyone else . Pay attention not only to the poem's subject and theme , but also to whatever imagery , sound , metaphor , and symbolism you discover in it . 2. Write a comparison between two ...
... poem , explain- ing them for the benefit of anyone else . Pay attention not only to the poem's subject and theme , but also to whatever imagery , sound , metaphor , and symbolism you discover in it . 2. Write a comparison between two ...
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