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Page 106
... Stars . The relevance of the title should be noted : the poem is a definition . In a definition one expects precision of meaning rather than expansiveness of feeling ; and , even though the reality defined is love , that is what one ...
... Stars . The relevance of the title should be noted : the poem is a definition . In a definition one expects precision of meaning rather than expansiveness of feeling ; and , even though the reality defined is love , that is what one ...
Page 168
... stars sparkling clear and the dying away of the orange sky of evening . His bodily withdrawal from the uproar for Wordsworth in the new mood the game has lost its significance - follows naturally . But he has not suddenly grown from a ...
... stars sparkling clear and the dying away of the orange sky of evening . His bodily withdrawal from the uproar for Wordsworth in the new mood the game has lost its significance - follows naturally . But he has not suddenly grown from a ...
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... stars and the grey sky . He was sure , at this time , that the space was empty ; moreover - and this too is relevant - the signs from above were ominous - a craggy ridge and nothing but distant cold stars and grey sky , which contrast ...
... stars and the grey sky . He was sure , at this time , that the space was empty ; moreover - and this too is relevant - the signs from above were ominous - a craggy ridge and nothing but distant cold stars and grey sky , which contrast ...
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INTRODUCTION | 1 |
BEN JONSON Continued | 27 |
ROSALINDS MADRIGAL | 33 |
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alliteration beauty bird blank verse blood body bora ring breath bright charm clouds colour conveyed couplet dance dark dead death delight diction Donne doth dream earth effect English Poetry eternal experience expression eyes F. R. Leavis fair fear feeling flowers give grace green hand hath hear heart heaven human imagination Jonson Judith Wright Keats L. C. Knights leaves light Lilith lines living look Lord lovers Lycidas Milton mind moon nature never night nymphs o'er passion phrase play pleasure poem poet poetic poetry Pope reality realized rhyme rhythm rich round satire Scholar Gipsy seems sense sing sleep soft song soul sound spirit spring stanza stars suggestion surprising sweet T. S. Eliot TAMBURLAINE tears thee theme things thou thought Tintern Abbey Tiresias tone trees turn verse vision vitality vivid voice VOLPONE wind words Wordsworth youth