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... language of the Bible society's poster is about as memorable as that of a laundry ticket . But because King James's translators chose words with physi- cal , tactile senses , their language has stuck in men's minds for three centuries ...
... language of the Bible society's poster is about as memorable as that of a laundry ticket . But because King James's translators chose words with physi- cal , tactile senses , their language has stuck in men's minds for three centuries ...
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... language of poetry separate from that of speech ; and asserted that “ the lan- guage really spoken by men , " especially by humble rustics , is plainer , more emphatic , and conveys " elementary feelings . . . in a state of greater ...
... language of poetry separate from that of speech ; and asserted that “ the lan- guage really spoken by men , " especially by humble rustics , is plainer , more emphatic , and conveys " elementary feelings . . . in a state of greater ...
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... language is a special language . So do we ; for , although much English poetry is unrimed , rime is one means to set poetry apart from ordinary conversation . A rime ( or rhyme ) , defined most narrowly , occurs when two or more words ...
... language is a special language . So do we ; for , although much English poetry is unrimed , rime is one means to set poetry apart from ordinary conversation . A rime ( or rhyme ) , defined most narrowly , occurs when two or more words ...
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