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Page 56
... syntax imposes on the words the utterance contains . Con- sequently syntax , however little it is noted by the reader , is the groundwork of the poet's art . Often it supports a poetic edifice elaborated by many other poetic means and ...
... syntax imposes on the words the utterance contains . Con- sequently syntax , however little it is noted by the reader , is the groundwork of the poet's art . Often it supports a poetic edifice elaborated by many other poetic means and ...
Page 59
... syntax . The strong impetus of the clause to get as soon as possible to its distant verb fly ' is swirled by the impulse to set and social ' before ' arts ' where it belongs - or where it would belong in prose . The writer is banking on ...
... syntax . The strong impetus of the clause to get as soon as possible to its distant verb fly ' is swirled by the impulse to set and social ' before ' arts ' where it belongs - or where it would belong in prose . The writer is banking on ...
Page 66
... syntax . It proceeds systematically where they proceed by leaps , sparking gaps of sense , yet it proceeds no less excitingly if our attention is not misguided . Their syntax is subordinated to emotive effects or metaphysical persuasion ...
... syntax . It proceeds systematically where they proceed by leaps , sparking gaps of sense , yet it proceeds no less excitingly if our attention is not misguided . Their syntax is subordinated to emotive effects or metaphysical persuasion ...
Contents
THE NEW CRITICISM AND THE LAN | 29 |
BY ALGEBRA TO AUGUSTANISM | 53 |
TAKING A POEM TO PIECES | 68 |
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