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Page 116
... simple bacchanalian mood . It is true , of course , that the poem is a bacchanalian poem , with a de- liberately induced and not very profound roistering mood . But like " The Twa Dogs " it ends in a rather different mood from that in ...
... simple bacchanalian mood . It is true , of course , that the poem is a bacchanalian poem , with a de- liberately induced and not very profound roistering mood . But like " The Twa Dogs " it ends in a rather different mood from that in ...
Page 193
... simple gnomic quality of a country proverb . The poem is alive with bright descriptive touches and an all - embracing humor . The opening , with its exclamatory suddenness , carries us right into the situation : Ha ! whare ye gaun , ye ...
... simple gnomic quality of a country proverb . The poem is alive with bright descriptive touches and an all - embracing humor . The opening , with its exclamatory suddenness , carries us right into the situation : Ha ! whare ye gaun , ye ...
Page 353
... simple similes and simple exaggeration : go O my Luve's like a red , red rose , That's newly sprung in June . O my Luve's like the melodie That's sweetly play'd in tune . As fair art thou , my bonie lass , So deep in luve am I ; And I ...
... simple similes and simple exaggeration : go O my Luve's like a red , red rose , That's newly sprung in June . O my Luve's like the melodie That's sweetly play'd in tune . As fair art thou , my bonie lass , So deep in luve am I ; And I ...
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Chapter Two GROWTH OF A POET | 34 |
Chapter Three THE KILMARNOCK VOLUME | 105 |
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