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Page 161
... lines giving the impression of a whole landscape in snow and driving wind , he moves at once , in the third short line , to the contrasting image of himself huddled over the fire . The transition is most cunningly done , and shows how ...
... lines giving the impression of a whole landscape in snow and driving wind , he moves at once , in the third short line , to the contrasting image of himself huddled over the fire . The transition is most cunningly done , and shows how ...
Page 162
... lines of this complicated stanza - four lines which stand somewhat apart from the main body of the verse - to introduce a link with the following stanza . Having moved from a description of the setting to his complaint against the pride ...
... lines of this complicated stanza - four lines which stand somewhat apart from the main body of the verse - to introduce a link with the following stanza . Having moved from a description of the setting to his complaint against the pride ...
Page 300
... lines of compli- ment precedes the rising emotion of the next four lines , in which the poet , after taking a new breath , moves from compliment to passion . Similarly , in the second stanza the poet lulls himself almost into a stupor ...
... lines of compli- ment precedes the rising emotion of the next four lines , in which the poet , after taking a new breath , moves from compliment to passion . Similarly , in the second stanza the poet lulls himself almost into a stupor ...
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