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Page 165
... Nature's social union , " a piece of neo- classic English which stands out from the Scots dialect of the poem as a whole , but in fact the sudden and brief introduction of a graver phrase is not inappropriate in its context ; it gives ...
... Nature's social union , " a piece of neo- classic English which stands out from the Scots dialect of the poem as a whole , but in fact the sudden and brief introduction of a graver phrase is not inappropriate in its context ; it gives ...
Page 169
... Nature . ” The fact is , however , that Burns was not equipped to handle “ the scen- ery of Nature " as Mackenzie and those who thought as he did would have liked , and in trying to write for such an audience the poet only distorted his ...
... Nature . ” The fact is , however , that Burns was not equipped to handle “ the scen- ery of Nature " as Mackenzie and those who thought as he did would have liked , and in trying to write for such an audience the poet only distorted his ...
Page 313
... Nature's grand impètus , Till his To r- P -go rise , then westward flies -ger Madame Thetis . -S , Two more stanzas follow , in which Burns takes off the conventional ode to Spring of the period with remarkable skill . By keeping the ...
... Nature's grand impètus , Till his To r- P -go rise , then westward flies -ger Madame Thetis . -S , Two more stanzas follow , in which Burns takes off the conventional ode to Spring of the period with remarkable skill . By keeping the ...
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Chapter Two GROWTH OF A POET | 34 |
Chapter Three THE KILMARNOCK VOLUME | 105 |
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