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Page 40
... eyes , seeing qualities that could hardly be expressed in language more conventional . Memorable , too , is the coined word in the opening of a poem by Emily Dickinson : " The overtakelessness of those / Who have accomplished Death ...
... eyes , seeing qualities that could hardly be expressed in language more conventional . Memorable , too , is the coined word in the opening of a poem by Emily Dickinson : " The overtakelessness of those / Who have accomplished Death ...
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... eyes , which gaze too bold , She may entangle in that golden snare And being caught may craftily enfold Their weaker hearts , which are not well aware ? Take heed therefore , mine eyes , how ye do stare Henceforth too rashly on that ...
... eyes , which gaze too bold , She may entangle in that golden snare And being caught may craftily enfold Their weaker hearts , which are not well aware ? Take heed therefore , mine eyes , how ye do stare Henceforth too rashly on that ...
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... eyes , like the eyes of God , brooding across a desert made by man . Understandably appalled by the complexity of their problem , stu- dents sometimes ask , “ But how am I supposed to know a symbol when I see one ? " The best approach ...
... eyes , like the eyes of God , brooding across a desert made by man . Understandably appalled by the complexity of their problem , stu- dents sometimes ask , “ But how am I supposed to know a symbol when I see one ? " The best approach ...
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