The Poet and the PoemA discussion of the poet's inherent attitudes, the more technical matters of verse writing, and the application of principles to actual practice. |
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... alliteration , consonance or any verbal harmony is a kind of rhyme ; I am discussing here , though , only end - rhyme or internal rhyme deliberately placed to emphasize rhetoric or structure . ) Off - rhymes have a long history , but ...
... alliteration , consonance or any verbal harmony is a kind of rhyme ; I am discussing here , though , only end - rhyme or internal rhyme deliberately placed to emphasize rhetoric or structure . ) Off - rhymes have a long history , but ...
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... alliteration , resonant rhyme , elevated diction - all support what the poem is saying . We may grin at the verse , but we are hardly inclined to grin with it . You are apt to think you are superior to the poet , that you see more , are ...
... alliteration , resonant rhyme , elevated diction - all support what the poem is saying . We may grin at the verse , but we are hardly inclined to grin with it . You are apt to think you are superior to the poet , that you see more , are ...
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... alliteration , makes what might be quaint inevitably silly . ( Compare with the very different emotional attitudes Robinson wants to form with Richard Cory . ) The alliteration of ch in the second half - line is amusing , too . The half ...
... alliteration , makes what might be quaint inevitably silly . ( Compare with the very different emotional attitudes Robinson wants to form with Richard Cory . ) The alliteration of ch in the second half - line is amusing , too . The half ...
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