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Page 27
... child speaks . Behind the mask of the child , though , we sense a compassionate and knowing poet . ROBERT HERRICK ( 1591–1674 ) Another Grace for a Child Here a little child I stand , Heaving up my either hand ; Cold as paddocks though ...
... child speaks . Behind the mask of the child , though , we sense a compassionate and knowing poet . ROBERT HERRICK ( 1591–1674 ) Another Grace for a Child Here a little child I stand , Heaving up my either hand ; Cold as paddocks though ...
Page 127
... child , Thou sleep'st too long , thou art beguiled . My darling dear , my daisy flower , Let me , quod he , lie in your lap . Lie still , quod she , my paramour , Lie still hardily ° , and take a nap . His head was heavy , such was his ...
... child , Thou sleep'st too long , thou art beguiled . My darling dear , my daisy flower , Let me , quod he , lie in your lap . Lie still , quod she , my paramour , Lie still hardily ° , and take a nap . His head was heavy , such was his ...
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... child or t'other there And wonder if she stood so at that age For even daughters of the swan can share Something of every paddler's heritage - And had that color upon cheek or hair , And thereupon my heart is driven wild : She stands ...
... child or t'other there And wonder if she stood so at that age For even daughters of the swan can share Something of every paddler's heritage - And had that color upon cheek or hair , And thereupon my heart is driven wild : She stands ...
Common terms and phrases
A. E. HOUSMAN alliteration aloud attitude ballad beauty bird Blake breath called child connotations dark dead dear death diction doth E. E. Cummings earth Eliot Emily Dickinson English eyes face feel figures of speech flowers GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS green hand hath hear heart heaven Hurroo iambic iambic pentameter J. V. CUNNINGHAM John Johnny kind leaves light live look Lord meaning metaphor meter Milton mind moon mother myth never night o'er paraphrase pattern pleasure poem's poet poet's poetry prose QUESTIONS reader reading reprinted rhythm rime Robert Frost Robert Lowell simile sing sleep song sonnet soul sound speaker stanza star stress suggests sweet syllables symbol T. S. Eliot tell thee theme things Thomas thou thought tone tree verse W. H. Auden WILLIAM WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS wind words Wordsworth Yeats