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... poet's biography ; but in truth there are certain poems whose full effect depends upon our knowing at least a fact or two of the poet's life . In this poem , surely the poet refers to himself : Trumbull Stickney ( 1874-1904 ) SIR , SAY ...
... poet's biography ; but in truth there are certain poems whose full effect depends upon our knowing at least a fact or two of the poet's life . In this poem , surely the poet refers to himself : Trumbull Stickney ( 1874-1904 ) SIR , SAY ...
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... discarded lines that a lesser poet would have been grateful for . In some cases his final version was practically a new poem . William Butler Yeats ( 1865-1939 ) * THE OLD PENSIONER THE POET'S REVISIONS 231 Alternatives THE POET'S ...
... discarded lines that a lesser poet would have been grateful for . In some cases his final version was practically a new poem . William Butler Yeats ( 1865-1939 ) * THE OLD PENSIONER THE POET'S REVISIONS 231 Alternatives THE POET'S ...
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... poet's Collected Poems without anyone being the wiser ) , or a humorous parody . Read all the poet's poems included in this book ; perhaps you will find it helpful also to consult a larger selection or collection of the poet's work . It ...
... poet's Collected Poems without anyone being the wiser ) , or a humorous parody . Read all the poet's poems included in this book ; perhaps you will find it helpful also to consult a larger selection or collection of the poet's work . It ...
Contents
Reading a Poem | 1 |
NARRATIVE POETRY | 8 |
THE PERSON IN THE POEM | 19 |
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A. E. Housman alliteration aloud ballad beauty bird born called COMPARE connotations Copyright critic dark dead death dream E. E. Cummings Elegy Emily Dickinson English essay eyes Ezra Pound feel figures of speech flower Gerard Manley Hopkins haiku hand hear heart John Keats language light listen live look Lycidas lyric meaning metaphor meter Milton mind move myth never night open form paper pauses phrase play poem's poet poet's poetry prose QUESTIONS Randall Jarrell reader Reprinted by permission rhythm Richard Wilbur Robert Frost sense Shakespeare sing song sonnet soul sound spider stanza story suggestions sweet syllables symbol T. S. Eliot tell thee theme things Thomas thou thought translation tree University verse W. H. Auden Whitman William Butler Yeats William Carlos Williams wind words wrote York