Poems and PoetsDavid Aloian Edgar Allan Poe ; Robert Frost ; Alfred Edward Housman ; William Butler Yeats. |
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... stand as a reasonably authentic poem ? To decide this question , you might ask the following : Is there a rhythm to the lines ? Do they evoke vivid pictures ? Are Captain Ahab's thoughts charged with strong feeling ? Just as prose can ...
... stand as a reasonably authentic poem ? To decide this question , you might ask the following : Is there a rhythm to the lines ? Do they evoke vivid pictures ? Are Captain Ahab's thoughts charged with strong feeling ? Just as prose can ...
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... standing up to chant 2. What is this life , if full of care , We have no time to stand and stare . And stare as long as sheep or cows . a ) No leisure to sit around , here and now b ) No leisure to wonder , that I vow , c ) No time to stand ...
... standing up to chant 2. What is this life , if full of care , We have no time to stand and stare . And stare as long as sheep or cows . a ) No leisure to sit around , here and now b ) No leisure to wonder , that I vow , c ) No time to stand ...
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... stand up no more ? " Aye , the ball is flying , The lads play heart and soul ; The goal stands up , the keeper Stands up to keep the goal . " Is my girl happy , That I thought hard to leave , And has she tired of weeping As she lies ...
... stand up no more ? " Aye , the ball is flying , The lads play heart and soul ; The goal stands up , the keeper Stands up to keep the goal . " Is my girl happy , That I thought hard to leave , And has she tired of weeping As she lies ...
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