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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... ere the play was played , They wet their hats aboon ! " To enjoy the ballad's full flavour it is essential to introduce a strong Scottish accent to the reading ! ANONYMOUS BALLAD Sir Patrick Spens The King sits in Dumferline.
... ere the play was played , They wet their hats aboon ! " To enjoy the ballad's full flavour it is essential to introduce a strong Scottish accent to the reading ! ANONYMOUS BALLAD Sir Patrick Spens The King sits in Dumferline.
Page 125
... strong ; And that each day is like a year , A year whose days are long . With bars they blur the gracious moon , And blind the goodly sun : And they do well to hide their Hell , For in it things are done . That Son of God nor son of Man ...
... strong ; And that each day is like a year , A year whose days are long . With bars they blur the gracious moon , And blind the goodly sun : And they do well to hide their Hell , For in it things are done . That Son of God nor son of Man ...
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... strong Lincolnshire accent , gave the poems an altogether different " tune " to that derived from one's own silent reading on the page . For example , an Oxford ( or BBC ? ) rendering of : Half a league , half a league , Half a league ...
... strong Lincolnshire accent , gave the poems an altogether different " tune " to that derived from one's own silent reading on the page . For example , an Oxford ( or BBC ? ) rendering of : Half a league , half a league , Half a league ...
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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