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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... phrase with phrase , never exactly repeating music he knows , never inserting a familiar tune , never boring us with ... phrases he will come to reject , seldom violates the inner logic of his language . Mostly , of course , this is a ...
... phrase with phrase , never exactly repeating music he knows , never inserting a familiar tune , never boring us with ... phrases he will come to reject , seldom violates the inner logic of his language . Mostly , of course , this is a ...
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... phrase describing the orgasm , the three phrases alluding to the Trojan war ( and to Marlowe's lines on Helen , which , expanding the reference , re- mind us that war is not merely hell but that God's intervention creates a cultural ...
... phrase describing the orgasm , the three phrases alluding to the Trojan war ( and to Marlowe's lines on Helen , which , expanding the reference , re- mind us that war is not merely hell but that God's intervention creates a cultural ...
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... phrases referring to this deity incarnate in a swan ( phrases which serve a literal , descriptive function as well as implying something about the attributes of God ) and in one line , the next to last , which carefully uses two ...
... phrases referring to this deity incarnate in a swan ( phrases which serve a literal , descriptive function as well as implying something about the attributes of God ) and in one line , the next to last , which carefully uses two ...
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