Poems and PoetsDavid Aloian Edgar Allan Poe ; Robert Frost ; Alfred Edward Housman ; William Butler Yeats. |
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... dead already , The only son is dead . But the mother needs to be better , She with thin form presently drest in black , By day her meals untouch'd , then at night fitfully sleeping , often waking , In the midnight waking , weeping ...
... dead already , The only son is dead . But the mother needs to be better , She with thin form presently drest in black , By day her meals untouch'd , then at night fitfully sleeping , often waking , In the midnight waking , weeping ...
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... dead , Lawd , lawd , goin ' where John Henry fell dead . John Henry's lil mother , She was all dressed in red , She jumped in bed , covered up her head , Said she didn ' know her son was dead , Lawd , lawd , didn ' know her son was dead ...
... dead , Lawd , lawd , goin ' where John Henry fell dead . John Henry's lil mother , She was all dressed in red , She jumped in bed , covered up her head , Said she didn ' know her son was dead , Lawd , lawd , didn ' know her son was dead ...
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... dead for her , Had struck the girl's heart dead in her , Had struck life lifeless at a word , And dropped it at her feet : Then hurried on his witless way , Scarce knowing she had heard . And when I came , she stood alone , A woman ...
... dead for her , Had struck the girl's heart dead in her , Had struck life lifeless at a word , And dropped it at her feet : Then hurried on his witless way , Scarce knowing she had heard . And when I came , she stood alone , A woman ...
Contents
RHYTHM RHYME AND SOUND EFFECTS | 21 |
The Creation of Beauty | 43 |
SIMILES METAPHORS AND SYMBOLS | 69 |
Copyright | |
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A. E. Housman ballads beauty bells bird breath bright Copyright cried Danny Deever dark daughter dead dear death door doth dream earth eternal eyes face fall father fell fire flower free verse grass Gunga Din hand head hear heard heart heaven horse Housman iambic John Henry JOHN KEATS lady lake Lawd leaves light live look Lord lover meaning metaphor meter moon moonlight morning mother never night o'er Ogden Nash poem poet poetry prose raven rhyme rhythm RICHARD ARMOUR Robert Frost sail shadow shine sing sleep smile song Sonnet soul sound stand stanza stars stone stood sweet syllables T. S. ELIOT tell thee things thou thought tone tree Twas voice W. H. AUDEN walk wild William Butler Yeats WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE WILLIAM WORDSWORTH wind wings words young