An Oakham Overture to PoetryAn anthology of English poetry including works by William Shakespeare, Rudyard Kipling, and Thomas Hardy. A discussion of the poet's style and review questions follow each selection. |
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... express our ideals in their most memorable terms . " And Hazlitt remarked that poetry was invented " to take the lan- guage of the imagination off the ground . " In the same sense Ruskin would claim that poetry is the fine particle ...
... express our ideals in their most memorable terms . " And Hazlitt remarked that poetry was invented " to take the lan- guage of the imagination off the ground . " In the same sense Ruskin would claim that poetry is the fine particle ...
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... express . An appreciation of the difference between the objective and the subjective use of language is vital to a true understanding of poetry and its creation . It is therefore worth spending a little time on considering in detail ...
... express . An appreciation of the difference between the objective and the subjective use of language is vital to a true understanding of poetry and its creation . It is therefore worth spending a little time on considering in detail ...
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... express is summed up by the French ( who so often have an apt word for it ) — “ Partir , c'est un peu mourir . ” Most readers will know of Lawrence's poetry through his very free - verse animal poems - Snake , Kangaroo , Baby Tortoise ...
... express is summed up by the French ( who so often have an apt word for it ) — “ Partir , c'est un peu mourir . ” Most readers will know of Lawrence's poetry through his very free - verse animal poems - Snake , Kangaroo , Baby Tortoise ...
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A. E. HOUSMAN anthology autumn ballad beauty birds blood blue boys church Colour-Sergeant couplet D. H. LAWRENCE Danny Deever dark dead death ding Discussion topics dream earth echo emotional English extracts eyes final stanza fire flowers G. K. Chesterton grass green Hardy hear heart Hopkins hour iambic J. K. Stephen Joan Hunter Dunn Keats Kipling knew leaves light look Lord mind moon morning never night o'er Oakham old School List PHILIP LARKIN Pobble poem poet poet's poetic poetry Pope quiet reader reading rhyme rhythm road ROBERT HERRICK sense shade Shakespeare silence Sir Patrick Spens sleep smile sonnet soul sound spring stand sweet Tennyson thee theme things THOMAS HARDY thou thought thrush Timothy Winters turn verse voice vowel W. H. Davies W. R. Rodgers walk weeds wind words