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... suggest the poet's inner conflict ? 3. Which words suggest tranquillity ? Which turbulence ? 4. Which words suggest religious significance ? What would be the effect if " beauteous " in line 1 were changed to " wonderful " or to ...
... suggest the poet's inner conflict ? 3. Which words suggest tranquillity ? Which turbulence ? 4. Which words suggest religious significance ? What would be the effect if " beauteous " in line 1 were changed to " wonderful " or to ...
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... suggest or represent ? 3. Other images in the poem are as important for what they suggest as for what they mean . For example , the poet speaks of a storm ( line 10 ) , yet the poem is about poetry . How does the storm figure into the ...
... suggest or represent ? 3. Other images in the poem are as important for what they suggest as for what they mean . For example , the poet speaks of a storm ( line 10 ) , yet the poem is about poetry . How does the storm figure into the ...
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... suggest more than what is explicitly stated , the two terms should be treated together . Through connotation , a writer chooses words that create the associated impressions he wishes to make on the reader's mind . By means of his word ...
... suggest more than what is explicitly stated , the two terms should be treated together . Through connotation , a writer chooses words that create the associated impressions he wishes to make on the reader's mind . By means of his word ...
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