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... Human Understanding that the human mind , having no inborn ideas , begins as a tabula rasa , or smoothed wax tablet ready to be written on . Throughout life the mind forms its ideas from sense impressions made on the tablet . In order ...
... Human Understanding that the human mind , having no inborn ideas , begins as a tabula rasa , or smoothed wax tablet ready to be written on . Throughout life the mind forms its ideas from sense impressions made on the tablet . In order ...
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... human concerns are universal and suggest that myth emerges from man's primeval and , per- haps , even his pre - human existence . According to Carl Jung , myths , like dreams , are dramatizations stemming from the col- lective ...
... human concerns are universal and suggest that myth emerges from man's primeval and , per- haps , even his pre - human existence . According to Carl Jung , myths , like dreams , are dramatizations stemming from the col- lective ...
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... human race . 4. Two interpenetrating cones make a good geometrical sym- bol for all human interaction , be it sexual or historical . 5. The mythology of one era may be echoed and varied in the mythology of some other era . The Second ...
... human race . 4. Two interpenetrating cones make a good geometrical sym- bol for all human interaction , be it sexual or historical . 5. The mythology of one era may be echoed and varied in the mythology of some other era . The Second ...
Contents
PURPOSE AND FORM | 15 |
Lyrical and Narrative | 28 |
HOW TO READ A POEM | 39 |
Copyright | |
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A. E. Housman allusion anapest beauty bird called character connotation consonant couplet dark death diction dream E. E. Cummings emotional English example experience eyes feel figurative language figures of speech following poem free verse Gerard Manley Hopkins heart human iambic iambic pentameter idea imagery images ironic irony John Donne kind light literal live meaning meter metrical metrical foot mind monologue moon musical effects myth never night Notice paradox pattern pentameter picture poem poem's poet poet's poetic poetry prose QUESTIONS reader reading repetition reprinted by permission rhyme rhythm Richard Cory Richard Wilbur Robert sense sings sleep song sonnet sound speaker stanza statement story suggest symbols T. S. Eliot tell thee things thou thought tone tree understand voice vowel W. H. Auden wind word choice write