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Page 74
... lines had been - possibly - part of the earlier manu- script and thus their appearance in Manuscript B may be no more than the young poet's refusal to acknowledge the editorial tampering ( by his father ? ) which had prevented their ...
... lines had been - possibly - part of the earlier manu- script and thus their appearance in Manuscript B may be no more than the young poet's refusal to acknowledge the editorial tampering ( by his father ? ) which had prevented their ...
Page 79
... line 30 ) establishes , in lieu of revealed truth , the authority of Nature as it speaks through the " still voice " and as it offers the " doctrine " that man is to lose " each human trace . " The second section ( lines 31-72 ) , in a ...
... line 30 ) establishes , in lieu of revealed truth , the authority of Nature as it speaks through the " still voice " and as it offers the " doctrine " that man is to lose " each human trace . " The second section ( lines 31-72 ) , in a ...
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... line eight ; it has overreached itself . The transition to rhythms of emergent joy is less than successful , in spite of the vigorous emphasis effected by the heavy consonance of lines eight to eleven . The verse strains for its rhymes in ...
... line eight ; it has overreached itself . The transition to rhythms of emergent joy is less than successful , in spite of the vigorous emphasis effected by the heavy consonance of lines eight to eleven . The verse strains for its rhymes in ...
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