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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 ...
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... nature which Burns presents in describing the aspects of his native countryside which constituted the subject of his verse is not at all that of the Romantic poets . There is in Burns no feeling for sublimity ( except in storms ) , no ...
... nature which Burns presents in describing the aspects of his native countryside which constituted the subject of his verse is not at all that of the Romantic poets . There is in Burns no feeling for sublimity ( except in storms ) , no ...
Contents
Preface V | 1 |
Chapter Two GROWTH OF A POET | 34 |
Chapter Three THE KILMARNOCK VOLUME | 105 |
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