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... Thanatopsis ” survived its trials while the others failed is not easy to determine , but the key to its mastery and power seems to lie in its curious career of premature publication and consistent revision . As this chapter will explain ...
... Thanatopsis ” survived its trials while the others failed is not easy to determine , but the key to its mastery and power seems to lie in its curious career of premature publication and consistent revision . As this chapter will explain ...
Page 79
... Thanatopsis " became a Romantic sermon . The division of the poem into three parts is clearly indicated by the stanzaic patterns . The first section ( through line 30 ) establishes , in lieu of revealed truth , the authority of Nature ...
... Thanatopsis " became a Romantic sermon . The division of the poem into three parts is clearly indicated by the stanzaic patterns . The first section ( through line 30 ) establishes , in lieu of revealed truth , the authority of Nature ...
Page 82
... Thanatopsis " had also pointed out , Nature supplies its own beauty to the graves of mankind : Nature , rebuking the ... Thanatopsis , " the notion that death is lonely . Whereas " Thanatopsis " had argued that the dead join with others ...
... Thanatopsis " had also pointed out , Nature supplies its own beauty to the graves of mankind : Nature , rebuking the ... Thanatopsis , " the notion that death is lonely . Whereas " Thanatopsis " had argued that the dead join with others ...
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