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... understand poetry , and that the pleasure of understanding depends on his being able to notice and to dis- cuss the strategies through which poets develop their powerful effects . To this end , the bulk of the text aims at helping the ...
... understand poetry , and that the pleasure of understanding depends on his being able to notice and to dis- cuss the strategies through which poets develop their powerful effects . To this end , the bulk of the text aims at helping the ...
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... understand the double meaning of " ' weep ! ' weep ! ' weep ! ' weep ! " ? 3. Comment on the logic of the argument in the second stanza . 4. Does the child understand the full meaning of Tom's dream ? 5. What is Blake's attitude toward ...
... understand the double meaning of " ' weep ! ' weep ! ' weep ! ' weep ! " ? 3. Comment on the logic of the argument in the second stanza . 4. Does the child understand the full meaning of Tom's dream ? 5. What is Blake's attitude toward ...
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... understand his purpose and method if we have a few basic terms to work with . The Psalms of David , most often ... understanding of the art of the work if he is familiar with the basics of metrical form which the poet had in mind . The ...
... understand his purpose and method if we have a few basic terms to work with . The Psalms of David , most often ... understanding of the art of the work if he is familiar with the basics of metrical form which the poet had in mind . The ...
Contents
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