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Page 112
... short , childish- ness of the most tedious kind . Days just come and go . But on the unconscious level , there is a wish - fulfilling reversal : nights just come and go . The tense , terrible sexual imaginings of the night , the sound ...
... short , childish- ness of the most tedious kind . Days just come and go . But on the unconscious level , there is a wish - fulfilling reversal : nights just come and go . The tense , terrible sexual imaginings of the night , the sound ...
Page 141
... short " a : it occurs twelve times . The most frequent vowel repetition occurs in the last three lines where high , front or " short " i occurs nine times , four times in the last half line alone . As one would expect , however , from ...
... short " a : it occurs twelve times . The most frequent vowel repetition occurs in the last three lines where high , front or " short " i occurs nine times , four times in the last half line alone . As one would expect , however , from ...
Page 142
... short i signifies the end of this miniature poem . In short , the " poem " plays off two kinds of rhythm , the first based on tightly defined phrases as the rhythmic unit , the second based on a strong iambic or trochaic meter ...
... short i signifies the end of this miniature poem . In short , the " poem " plays off two kinds of rhythm , the first based on tightly defined phrases as the rhythmic unit , the second based on a strong iambic or trochaic meter ...
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Literature as Transformation | 3 |
A Dictionary of Fantasy | 31 |
The Willing Suspension of Disbelief | 63 |
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