Preface to PoetryHarcourt, Brace, 1946 - 737 pages |
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... death shall be no more . Death , thou shalt die ! ( 1609 , 1633 ) 3. Rereading a Favorite Poem . It has been suggested in the text that the reader go back to his old favorites , not merely to be lulled by the memory of previous pleasant ...
... death shall be no more . Death , thou shalt die ! ( 1609 , 1633 ) 3. Rereading a Favorite Poem . It has been suggested in the text that the reader go back to his old favorites , not merely to be lulled by the memory of previous pleasant ...
Page 186
... DEATH Ben Jonson The ports of death are sins ; of life , good deeds ; Through which our merit leads us to our meeds . How wilful blind is he , then , that would stray , And hath it in his powers to make his way ! This world death's ...
... DEATH Ben Jonson The ports of death are sins ; of life , good deeds ; Through which our merit leads us to our meeds . How wilful blind is he , then , that would stray , And hath it in his powers to make his way ! This world death's ...
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... Death , Be Not Proud- " ( p . 12 ) , is one of noble defiance . Robert Frost's is a tragic mood ( the very title suggests it ) as he narrates the boy's death in “ Out , Out— ” ( p . 30 ) . A. E. Housman's mood is that of a special irony ...
... Death , Be Not Proud- " ( p . 12 ) , is one of noble defiance . Robert Frost's is a tragic mood ( the very title suggests it ) as he narrates the boy's death in “ Out , Out— ” ( p . 30 ) . A. E. Housman's mood is that of a special irony ...
Contents
ANATOMY OF THE POEMEXPERIENCE | 65 |
65 | 91 |
Visual and Other FreeImagery | 137 |
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