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... poem - that the athlete is lucky to have died young - is not meant to be taken literally , since few athletes would in fact make that choice , but is simply a symbolic way of expressing regret at the brevity of youth , strength , and ...
... poem - that the athlete is lucky to have died young - is not meant to be taken literally , since few athletes would in fact make that choice , but is simply a symbolic way of expressing regret at the brevity of youth , strength , and ...
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... poem may be profitably contrasted with that of Bridges ' poem about autumn , " November " ( p . 479 ) . bloom . Keats may have two different senses of this word in mind : the common one , having to do with blossoming ; and the other ...
... poem may be profitably contrasted with that of Bridges ' poem about autumn , " November " ( p . 479 ) . bloom . Keats may have two different senses of this word in mind : the common one , having to do with blossoming ; and the other ...
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... poem , and here it is especially weak . In fact , here it is almost ruinous to the poem , because , quite apart from the feeling , the idea Yeats is getting at is something almost beyond the reach of logical thought . He could have ...
... poem , and here it is especially weak . In fact , here it is almost ruinous to the poem , because , quite apart from the feeling , the idea Yeats is getting at is something almost beyond the reach of logical thought . He could have ...
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