How Does a Poem Mean?Houghton Mifflin, 1960 - 366 Seiten Examines the value and nature of poetry, using examples of English and American poetry of the past 6 centuries. |
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... motion , as of a river rather than with the better - related suggestion of a wave's surging and receding motion . Quite clearly Milton has chosen his words not only , nor even primarily , for the rightness of their denotation ( essay ...
... motion , as of a river rather than with the better - related suggestion of a wave's surging and receding motion . Quite clearly Milton has chosen his words not only , nor even primarily , for the rightness of their denotation ( essay ...
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... motion . And having noted one theme , the reader can hardly fail to note an- other : the snake also moves like an oriental monarch . His elevation is regal : ( “ towered , ” “ crested aloft , " " spires " ) . His ornaments are all mag ...
... motion . And having noted one theme , the reader can hardly fail to note an- other : the snake also moves like an oriental monarch . His elevation is regal : ( “ towered , ” “ crested aloft , " " spires " ) . His ornaments are all mag ...
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... motion involved in the verb " to warp " which is not available in any other single word of English , and that quality is exactly the one Milton sought . " Weaving , " for example , is close to " warping " in some ways , but it is still ...
... motion involved in the verb " to warp " which is not available in any other single word of English , and that quality is exactly the one Milton sought . " Weaving , " for example , is close to " warping " in some ways , but it is still ...
Inhalt
CHAPTER ONE HOW DOES A POEM MEAN? | 665 |
CHAPTER TWO A BURBLE | 678 |
FOLK BALLADS | 685 |
Urheberrecht | |
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