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... move from particular details to a general conclusion , or he might move from general to particular just as a writer of prose would do . A playwright arranges the pieces of action and dialogue into scenes and acts , and a writer of ...
... move from particular details to a general conclusion , or he might move from general to particular just as a writer of prose would do . A playwright arranges the pieces of action and dialogue into scenes and acts , and a writer of ...
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... move , ' Twere profanation of our joys To tell the laity our love . Moving of th ' earth brings harms and fears , Men reckon what it did and meant , But trepidation of the spheres , Though greater far , is innocent . Dull sublunary ...
... move , ' Twere profanation of our joys To tell the laity our love . Moving of th ' earth brings harms and fears , Men reckon what it did and meant , But trepidation of the spheres , Though greater far , is innocent . Dull sublunary ...
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... move at a slower rate than the dactyl and anapest , called " triple " measures . The spondee creates the effect of a very deliberate , staccatto march . The iambus moves deliberately and seriously , but at a greater speed , while the ...
... move at a slower rate than the dactyl and anapest , called " triple " measures . The spondee creates the effect of a very deliberate , staccatto march . The iambus moves deliberately and seriously , but at a greater speed , while the ...
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PURPOSE AND FORM | 15 |
Ben Jonson 323 | 27 |
Lyrical and Narrative | 28 |
Copyright | |
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allusion arrangement attitude beauty become begins called character comes connotation create dark death describe effect emotional English example experience Explain expression eyes face fact fall feel figurative give given hand head heart human idea imagery images impression involved ironic irony kind language leaves less light literal live look meaning meter mind move nature never night notice objects once passed pattern person picture play poem poet poet's poetry QUESTIONS reader reading repetition response rhyme rhythm Robert seems sense sleep song sound speak speaker speech stand stanza statement story stressed suggest syllables symbols tell thee things thou thought tone tree true trying turned understand verse voice words writer