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... light upon a scaffold- ing . Some doves have refused to light , or have lit askew . I have tried not to pose them , nor pressure them . 3. SELECTION OF POEMS - Twelve poets are represented with seven or more poems each - Shakespeare ...
... light upon a scaffold- ing . Some doves have refused to light , or have lit askew . I have tried not to pose them , nor pressure them . 3. SELECTION OF POEMS - Twelve poets are represented with seven or more poems each - Shakespeare ...
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... light , Thy visage was so irksome in my sight ; Yet being mine own , at length affection would Thy blemishes amend , if so I could : I washed thy face , but more defects I saw , And rubbing off a spot , still made a flaw . I stretched ...
... light , Thy visage was so irksome in my sight ; Yet being mine own , at length affection would Thy blemishes amend , if so I could : I washed thy face , but more defects I saw , And rubbing off a spot , still made a flaw . I stretched ...
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... light , Ohio's shores and flashing Missouri , And ever the far - spreading prairies cover'd with grass and corn . Lo , the most excellent sun so calm and haughty , The violet and purple morn with just - felt breezes , The gentle soft ...
... light , Ohio's shores and flashing Missouri , And ever the far - spreading prairies cover'd with grass and corn . Lo , the most excellent sun so calm and haughty , The violet and purple morn with just - felt breezes , The gentle soft ...
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