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... perfect sphere - circularity made dense , or a circle filled . The pearl , we are told , is " so rounde , so reken in vche araye , / So smal , so smope her sydeз were " [ so round , so perfect in every array , / So fine , so smooth its ...
... perfect sphere - circularity made dense , or a circle filled . The pearl , we are told , is " so rounde , so reken in vche araye , / So smal , so smope her sydeз were " [ so round , so perfect in every array , / So fine , so smooth its ...
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... perfect structure . Crawford recognizes that the missing line may be deliberate , and speculates that the poet " may have avoided formal perfection for fear of excessive vanity offending God . " As it stands , though , the poem lacks ...
... perfect structure . Crawford recognizes that the missing line may be deliberate , and speculates that the poet " may have avoided formal perfection for fear of excessive vanity offending God . " As it stands , though , the poem lacks ...
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... perfect and simultaneous possession of a limitless existence . As a symbol with a rich history of associations in patristic exe- gesis and lapidary writings , the pearl is less an index to the poem's meaning than its ritual source of ...
... perfect and simultaneous possession of a limitless existence . As a symbol with a rich history of associations in patristic exe- gesis and lapidary writings , the pearl is less an index to the poem's meaning than its ritual source of ...
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the circle as figural space | 25 |
a fourfold | 129 |
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