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... chapters will examine . It has been the purpose of the present chapter to get this distinc- tion clearly in your mind , and to let you see the enrichment given to several great poems by shifting your point of view from that of a reader ...
... chapters will examine . It has been the purpose of the present chapter to get this distinc- tion clearly in your mind , and to let you see the enrichment given to several great poems by shifting your point of view from that of a reader ...
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... chapter , but the selection of words which have a particular flavor : a power of suggestion , or capacity for exciting the reader's feelings in the direction in which the poet wishes them to go . It is the pur- pose of this chapter to ...
... chapter , but the selection of words which have a particular flavor : a power of suggestion , or capacity for exciting the reader's feelings in the direction in which the poet wishes them to go . It is the pur- pose of this chapter to ...
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... chapter these special devices were classified under the general term of " enrichment , " and they have been singly explained as means of communicating the author's peculiar sense of an experience or thought , his emotion in the presence ...
... chapter these special devices were classified under the general term of " enrichment , " and they have been singly explained as means of communicating the author's peculiar sense of an experience or thought , his emotion in the presence ...
Contents
ENRICHMENT | 16 |
POETRY AND PROSE | 33 |
THE MECHANICS OF POETRY | 49 |
Copyright | |
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