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... poet , for mystical or philosophical reasons , glorifies simply because they exist ) . 2. They can be " figures of speech " that are used to invigorate the poet's language ( for example , he may personify abstract con- cepts , like Hope ...
... poet , for mystical or philosophical reasons , glorifies simply because they exist ) . 2. They can be " figures of speech " that are used to invigorate the poet's language ( for example , he may personify abstract con- cepts , like Hope ...
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... poet who is not a verbal artist . No grocery list ever by itself became a real poem . A poet's evocation of the actual world of objects must be conditioned by the poet's implicit or stated attitude toward that reality — and the ...
... poet who is not a verbal artist . No grocery list ever by itself became a real poem . A poet's evocation of the actual world of objects must be conditioned by the poet's implicit or stated attitude toward that reality — and the ...
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... poetic conclusions may be drawn from them . Another , perhaps subtler , type of misreading is a misreading of the rhetorical context : RESPONSE 8. Quite obviously his birth is symbolic of his life to this point . The poet has fought ...
... poetic conclusions may be drawn from them . Another , perhaps subtler , type of misreading is a misreading of the rhetorical context : RESPONSE 8. Quite obviously his birth is symbolic of his life to this point . The poet has fought ...
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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