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... things . The abstractness of much of T. S. Eliot's Four Quartets — a poem concerned with time , eternity , history , language , reality and other things that cannot be handled is evidence to the contrary . But although poets need not ...
... things . The abstractness of much of T. S. Eliot's Four Quartets — a poem concerned with time , eternity , history , language , reality and other things that cannot be handled is evidence to the contrary . But although poets need not ...
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... things , all alike , But bargains : those he will not strike . QUESTIONS 5 1. On what two meanings of the word strike does Landor's closing line depend ? 2. What advantage is it to this epigram that the play on the word strike dawns on ...
... things , all alike , But bargains : those he will not strike . QUESTIONS 5 1. On what two meanings of the word strike does Landor's closing line depend ? 2. What advantage is it to this epigram that the play on the word strike dawns on ...
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... things , in- dicated by some connective , usually like , as , than , or a verb such as resembles . The things compared have to be dissimilar in kind for a simile to exist : it is no simile to say " Your fingers are like mine " ; it is a ...
... things , in- dicated by some connective , usually like , as , than , or a verb such as resembles . The things compared have to be dissimilar in kind for a simile to exist : it is no simile to say " Your fingers are like mine " ; it is a ...
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