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... lady leads to a tanist's sovereignty in the kingdom . In either case , the loathly lady would seem to derive from some Perse- phonic figure deep in the Celtic twilight , some combination of crone and virgin , spring goddess and ...
... lady leads to a tanist's sovereignty in the kingdom . In either case , the loathly lady would seem to derive from some Perse- phonic figure deep in the Celtic twilight , some combination of crone and virgin , spring goddess and ...
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... lady much and long . The cruelest line in the poem - the casual indifference with which he contemplates his love taking a new lover and " a new Imbrace " -masquerades as an argu- ment of fairness and equity . By the third stanza , the ...
... lady much and long . The cruelest line in the poem - the casual indifference with which he contemplates his love taking a new lover and " a new Imbrace " -masquerades as an argu- ment of fairness and equity . By the third stanza , the ...
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... lady or his scrutiny of other ladies , is ultimately a picking over of trash . Love in this poem is aggression and debasement ; emotions are turned into things . Em- braces are something you can be robbed of , like an object ; joy is ...
... lady or his scrutiny of other ladies , is ultimately a picking over of trash . Love in this poem is aggression and debasement ; emotions are turned into things . Em- braces are something you can be robbed of , like an object ; joy is ...
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