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Page 148
There follows a somewhat intrusive stanza , also in standard English , in which Burns contrasts the simple ' language of the soul ' with ' Re- ligion's pride , / In all the pomp of method and of art ' , to the dis- advantage of the ...
There follows a somewhat intrusive stanza , also in standard English , in which Burns contrasts the simple ' language of the soul ' with ' Re- ligion's pride , / In all the pomp of method and of art ' , to the dis- advantage of the ...
Page 176
... perhaps better than anywhere else , he shows his ability to direct an apparently casual ' occasional ' poem to a didactic conclusion , this conclusion expressed with all the simple gnomic quality of a country proverb .
... perhaps better than anywhere else , he shows his ability to direct an apparently casual ' occasional ' poem to a didactic conclusion , this conclusion expressed with all the simple gnomic quality of a country proverb .
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A very different use of images from nature is found in ' A Red Red Rose ' , a simple love song based on folk materials , first published in the fifth volume of the Museum . Nowhere in literature has that combination of swagger and ...
A very different use of images from nature is found in ' A Red Red Rose ' , a simple love song based on folk materials , first published in the fifth volume of the Museum . Nowhere in literature has that combination of swagger and ...
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