Essays on the Language of LiteratureSeymour Benjamin Chatman, Samuel R. Levin |
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... idea which can also be expressed verbally , and the non- metaphoric noun is indirectly changed into something else by the metaphoric noun , just as the verb metaphor changes a noun into something else : e.g. in " roses grow in her ...
... idea which can also be expressed verbally , and the non- metaphoric noun is indirectly changed into something else by the metaphoric noun , just as the verb metaphor changes a noun into something else : e.g. in " roses grow in her ...
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... idea sepa- rated from the act of experiencing it is not the idea that was experienced . The ardor of its conception in the mind is a necessary part of its truth ; and unless it can be conveyed to another mind in something of the form of ...
... idea sepa- rated from the act of experiencing it is not the idea that was experienced . The ardor of its conception in the mind is a necessary part of its truth ; and unless it can be conveyed to another mind in something of the form of ...
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... idea , just as hitting is an action performed on a tennis ball , why not different ways of expressing an idea ? The distinction works with vocal speech , for the same words can be spoken with differ- ent stress , pitch , tone , and so ...
... idea , just as hitting is an action performed on a tennis ball , why not different ways of expressing an idea ? The distinction works with vocal speech , for the same words can be spoken with differ- ent stress , pitch , tone , and so ...
Contents
Vowel and Consonant Patterns in Poetry 1953 David I Masson | 3 |
Some Parallels and Contrasts | 19 |
Some English Sonnets 1960 | 33 |
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