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... Hold , hold . ' At that very moment , as the imaginary knife is poised and she fears heaven's detection of her crime , her diabolical phantasy is cut short by the entrance of Macbeth . The " murd'ring ministers , " apostro- phized into ...
... Hold , hold . ' At that very moment , as the imaginary knife is poised and she fears heaven's detection of her crime , her diabolical phantasy is cut short by the entrance of Macbeth . The " murd'ring ministers , " apostro- phized into ...
Page 248
... hold me , But I hold them ? " 30 35 40 45 50 50 55 When I heard the Earth - song , I was 248 / THE ACT OF POETRY.
... hold me , But I hold them ? " 30 35 40 45 50 50 55 When I heard the Earth - song , I was 248 / THE ACT OF POETRY.
Page 280
... holds him with his skinny hand , " There was a ship , " quoth he . " Hold off ! unhand me , grey - beard loon ! " Eftsoons his hand dropt he . 175 180 185 190 10 The Wedding- Guest is spell- bound by the eye of 280 / THE ACT OF POETRY.
... holds him with his skinny hand , " There was a ship , " quoth he . " Hold off ! unhand me , grey - beard loon ! " Eftsoons his hand dropt he . 175 180 185 190 10 The Wedding- Guest is spell- bound by the eye of 280 / THE ACT OF POETRY.
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ancient Mariner beauty bird blood breast breath child cloud cold context Copyright curse dark dead death doth dream E. E. Cummings earth example eyes fear feel flowers hair hands hath hear heard heart heaven human iamb iambic pentameter land language light little birdie live look loud Lycidas man's meaning metaphor mind Moon morning mother move never night o'er object person POEMS FOR COMPARISON poet poet's poetic poetry quatrain rain reader RESPONSE rhyme rhythm Richard Cory RICHARD WILBUR Robert Lowell sails second poem sense sestet ship sigh silent sing slant rhyme sleep smile song sonnet soul sound spirit stanza star strange sweet syllables symbol T. S. Eliot thee things thou thought trees trochee verbal verse voice W. H. AUDEN walk Wallace Stevens Wedding-Guest WILLIAM BLAKE wind words youth