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... rhyme.— I was not so presumtive as to imagine that I could make verses like printed ones , composed by men who had Greek and Latin ; but my girl sung a song which was said to be composed by a small country laird's son , on one of his ...
... rhyme.— I was not so presumtive as to imagine that I could make verses like printed ones , composed by men who had Greek and Latin ; but my girl sung a song which was said to be composed by a small country laird's son , on one of his ...
Page 140
... rhyme for various rea- sons , he goes on to say- trouble about For me , an aim I never fash ; I rhyme for fun . This leads him to a stanza of self - characterization , which in turn develops naturally into a discussion of one of Burns's ...
... rhyme for various rea- sons , he goes on to say- trouble about For me , an aim I never fash ; I rhyme for fun . This leads him to a stanza of self - characterization , which in turn develops naturally into a discussion of one of Burns's ...
Page 176
... rhyme , " and after the word " rhyme " comes the second short line , " In hamely , westlin jingle , " giving the very effect of rhyme by its deliberately tinny echoing of “ jingle ” with “ ingle . ” He has not , however , wholly ...
... rhyme , " and after the word " rhyme " comes the second short line , " In hamely , westlin jingle , " giving the very effect of rhyme by its deliberately tinny echoing of “ jingle ” with “ ingle . ” He has not , however , wholly ...
Contents
Preface V | 1 |
Chapter Two GROWTH OF A POET | 34 |
Chapter Three THE KILMARNOCK VOLUME | 105 |
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