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... poets . Moreover , we must face the theoretical alternatives . A poet works with already structured material , lan- guage . But though he is not free to choose sounds at random , are we to believe that he can have no effect at all ? One ...
... poets . Moreover , we must face the theoretical alternatives . A poet works with already structured material , lan- guage . But though he is not free to choose sounds at random , are we to believe that he can have no effect at all ? One ...
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... poet's ' equiva- lence assertion , ' that object and image ( cf. rhymes , III ) are indistinguishable . K : ' Tief- ' repeated twice , emphasises the watery depths , and by implication the mysterious psychological regions at which the poet ...
... poet's ' equiva- lence assertion , ' that object and image ( cf. rhymes , III ) are indistinguishable . K : ' Tief- ' repeated twice , emphasises the watery depths , and by implication the mysterious psychological regions at which the poet ...
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... Poetic Process and to Literary Analysis . In choosing his words , the poet is allowing himself to be guided in ways in which ( he hopes ) his reader may also be guided . The reader , in turn , may be following — in his awareness of the ...
... Poetic Process and to Literary Analysis . In choosing his words , the poet is allowing himself to be guided in ways in which ( he hopes ) his reader may also be guided . The reader , in turn , may be following — in his awareness of the ...
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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