The Track of the Repetend: Syntactic and Lexical Repetition in Modern Poetry |
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... modification , and the stanzaic elements modified are the verbs " did passe " and " would lie , " respectively . In this last stanza , however , the relation of modifier to modified is almost impossible to distinguish . Does " In ...
... modification , and the stanzaic elements modified are the verbs " did passe " and " would lie , " respectively . In this last stanza , however , the relation of modifier to modified is almost impossible to distinguish . Does " In ...
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... modified to “ But let them be , they're dead and gone , / They're with O'Leary in the grave . " " Easter 1916 " is strikingly similar and strikingly different . It is more inventive and formally looser than " September 1913 , " hav- ing ...
... modified to “ But let them be , they're dead and gone , / They're with O'Leary in the grave . " " Easter 1916 " is strikingly similar and strikingly different . It is more inventive and formally looser than " September 1913 , " hav- ing ...
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... modified appositional phrase ( i.e. , " loud , general - large " ) , Stevens appears to be deliberately confusing appearance , action and essence . The confusion carries over to the second pair , " wildly free , " which modifies the ...
... modified appositional phrase ( i.e. , " loud , general - large " ) , Stevens appears to be deliberately confusing appearance , action and essence . The confusion carries over to the second pair , " wildly free , " which modifies the ...
Contents
Repetition Times Trace | 1 |
History and Structure | 45 |
Refrain Types Exemplified | 63 |
Copyright | |
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Common terms and phrases
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