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Page 451
... gave it the strings of her voice , which it swallowed . He gave it the blood of his face , it grew eager . She gave it the licorice of her mouth , it began to thrive . He opened the aniseed of his future And it bit and gulped , grew ...
... gave it the strings of her voice , which it swallowed . He gave it the blood of his face , it grew eager . She gave it the licorice of her mouth , it began to thrive . He opened the aniseed of his future And it bit and gulped , grew ...
Page 452
... gave it logic . It ate the color of their hair . They gave it every argument that would come . They gave it shouting and yelling , they meant it . It ate the faces of their children . They gave it their photograph albums , they gave it ...
... gave it logic . It ate the color of their hair . They gave it every argument that would come . They gave it shouting and yelling , they meant it . It ate the faces of their children . They gave it their photograph albums , they gave it ...
Page 466
... gave him hunk of what he had , " " ' tis good enough for me ; none , " or so he said , " when you want to go , is sweeter , from worse to something better ; bone will maybe sharpen teeth but makes pain sharper underneath ; a bowl of ...
... gave him hunk of what he had , " " ' tis good enough for me ; none , " or so he said , " when you want to go , is sweeter , from worse to something better ; bone will maybe sharpen teeth but makes pain sharper underneath ; a bowl of ...
Contents
The Art of Reading Poetry 383 | 383 |
Versification 638 | 391 |
Transition to Poetry | 392 |
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A. E. HOUSMAN ANDREW MARVELL beauty birds boughs bright brown clouds cold cried dark dead death doth dream e. e. cummings earth elegy Euroclydon eyes fair fall fear feel fire flowers Goddamm gone grass green Gwendolyn Brooks hair hand happy hath hear heard heart heaven hill king Lady Langston Hughes leaves light live lonely lonnë look LOUIS MACNEICE Lycidas meaning mind Miniver moon morning mountains never night pale Patrick Spence poem poet poetry praise Prufrock rhyme round sang sigh silent sing sleep Slim snow song SONNET Sonnet 23 soul sound stanza stars sweet T. E. HULME T. S. Eliot tell thee things thou thought tree turn verse voice W. H. AUDEN walk weep WILLIAM WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS wind wings word Yeats young