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... sense of a system of pipes or tubes to carry away liquids , but in the sense of " the very last drop drained , ” almost as a synonym of " dregs , " but with a greater insistence on the very limits of emptiness : My heart aches , and a ...
... sense of a system of pipes or tubes to carry away liquids , but in the sense of " the very last drop drained , ” almost as a synonym of " dregs , " but with a greater insistence on the very limits of emptiness : My heart aches , and a ...
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... senses . The image of felt warmth or cold is not merely a question of touch but of a separate temperature sense . Images of motion may be visual ( " He is waving his hands , he is wagging his head , / He has certainly found a Snark ...
... senses . The image of felt warmth or cold is not merely a question of touch but of a separate temperature sense . Images of motion may be visual ( " He is waving his hands , he is wagging his head , / He has certainly found a Snark ...
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... Sense ; Or quite unravel all the reas'ning thread , And hang some curious cobweb in its stead ! As , forc'd from wind - guns , lead itself can fly , And pond'rous slugs cut swiftly thro the sky ; As clocks to weight their nimble motion ...
... Sense ; Or quite unravel all the reas'ning thread , And hang some curious cobweb in its stead ! As , forc'd from wind - guns , lead itself can fly , And pond'rous slugs cut swiftly thro the sky ; As clocks to weight their nimble motion ...
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A-term A. E. Housman abstract accent allegory alliteration allusions appear assonance beauty bird called catalectic clause comparison complex connotations context couplet Coy Mistress create creative image death denotation difficult discussed E. E. Cummings effect Emily Dickinson emotional emphasis English example experience eyes fact feet final flea Gerard Manley Hopkins heart iambic iambic pentameter idea implied interaction involved literal logical meaning ment merely metaphor meter metrical metrical foot Mither nature night nightingales noun passage perhaps phrase poem poet poetry possible precise prose statement prose stress question reader reading reordered version repeated repetition rhyme Robert Bridges rose sense sestina simile snow song sonnet soul sound patterns speaker spring suggests sweet syllables symbol syntactical syntax T. S. Eliot thee things third stanza thou thought tion understanding verb verbal rhythms W. B. Yeats word order Yeats