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... artist concealing himself behind his work . Here , after all , was the source of the " witchery " of art . The wonder and admi- ration of the reader are , these lines imply , best evoked by processes of which he is unaware . Like ...
... artist concealing himself behind his work . Here , after all , was the source of the " witchery " of art . The wonder and admi- ration of the reader are , these lines imply , best evoked by processes of which he is unaware . Like ...
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... artist . Only slightly submerged beneath the surface are the intellectual issues which many of his subsequent poems probe . There is , first , the questioning posture which always falls just short of agnosticism . There is , second ...
... artist . Only slightly submerged beneath the surface are the intellectual issues which many of his subsequent poems probe . There is , first , the questioning posture which always falls just short of agnosticism . There is , second ...
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... artistic purposes , was no easy matter ; for his childhood religious background , his reading in the so - called " graveyard poets , " and his respect for established modes of thought , all conspired to lead him directly from experience ...
... artistic purposes , was no easy matter ; for his childhood religious background , his reading in the so - called " graveyard poets , " and his respect for established modes of thought , all conspired to lead him directly from experience ...
Contents
Chronology | 13 |
The Poems of Nature | 39 |
The Poem of Death | 65 |
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