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... values . He has miles to go before he sleeps , and we are reminded of other oppositions in other Frost poems , almost all of them , in fact , in which the humane , loving , irrational , useless , fun values are contrasted to those of ...
... values . He has miles to go before he sleeps , and we are reminded of other oppositions in other Frost poems , almost all of them , in fact , in which the humane , loving , irrational , useless , fun values are contrasted to those of ...
Page 209
... values , an unhesitating opinion of what is right and wrong and some confidence that his values are shared by his public . It is this requirement , more than any other , which has heretofore made satire nearly impossible in the ...
... values , an unhesitating opinion of what is right and wrong and some confidence that his values are shared by his public . It is this requirement , more than any other , which has heretofore made satire nearly impossible in the ...
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... values of poets writing English from Chaucer to Yeats - and yet patently ( and some , even , charge vulgarly ) shows ... values ( including aesthetic values ) were reinforced . And Frost would be comfortable in their company . The ...
... values of poets writing English from Chaucer to Yeats - and yet patently ( and some , even , charge vulgarly ) shows ... values ( including aesthetic values ) were reinforced . And Frost would be comfortable in their company . The ...
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