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... hand , which opens magnificently with a vivid description of the January scene in a complex traditional Scottish stanza , the poet suddenly remembers the genteel audience he is hoping for , and we get this : All hail ! ye tender ...
... hand , which opens magnificently with a vivid description of the January scene in a complex traditional Scottish stanza , the poet suddenly remembers the genteel audience he is hoping for , and we get this : All hail ! ye tender ...
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... hand and less orthodox ' moderate ' pleading for good works on the other . The concluding stanza , with its deliberate confusion of theological , biblical and amorous imagery , sums up the meaning of the poem : How monie hearts this day ...
... hand and less orthodox ' moderate ' pleading for good works on the other . The concluding stanza , with its deliberate confusion of theological , biblical and amorous imagery , sums up the meaning of the poem : How monie hearts this day ...
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... hand- ling of the stanza , but the introduction of hollow sentimen- talities and rhetorical exclamations at critical moments spoils the work as a whole . V Burns selected the Kilmarnock poems with care : he was anxious to impress a ...
... hand- ling of the stanza , but the introduction of hollow sentimen- talities and rhetorical exclamations at critical moments spoils the work as a whole . V Burns selected the Kilmarnock poems with care : he was anxious to impress a ...
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