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... idea . Yet this idea , and almost without exception these words , were written into a poem by no less great a poet than Wordsworth . Tenderly do we feel by Nature's law For worst offenders : though the heart will heave With indignation ...
... idea . Yet this idea , and almost without exception these words , were written into a poem by no less great a poet than Wordsworth . Tenderly do we feel by Nature's law For worst offenders : though the heart will heave With indignation ...
Page 352
... idea , his feelings exalted by the rich dreams associated with the idea . The song of Christina Rossetti's read in Chapter Seven will serve for a brief example . When I am dead , my dearest , Sing no sad songs for me ; Plant thou no ...
... idea , his feelings exalted by the rich dreams associated with the idea . The song of Christina Rossetti's read in Chapter Seven will serve for a brief example . When I am dead , my dearest , Sing no sad songs for me ; Plant thou no ...
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... idea expressed in a famous poem . The west wind is a force which destroys nature's loveliness in the autumn in order that there may be a renewal of it in the spring . It is wild and unguided , and brings death and confusion to all the ...
... idea expressed in a famous poem . The west wind is a force which destroys nature's loveliness in the autumn in order that there may be a renewal of it in the spring . It is wild and unguided , and brings death and confusion to all the ...
Contents
ENRICHMENT | 16 |
POETRY AND PROSE | 33 |
THE MECHANICS OF POETRY | 49 |
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