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David Daiches. That is twenty - two words to eight of the original Hebrew , which moreover contains a pun , on the words " ( " let it perish ' ) and 7 ? ( ' I was born ' ) . Something of the force- ful brevity of the original is ...
David Daiches. That is twenty - two words to eight of the original Hebrew , which moreover contains a pun , on the words " ( " let it perish ' ) and 7 ? ( ' I was born ' ) . Something of the force- ful brevity of the original is ...
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... words , together with more common Scots words such as ' lift ' ( sky ) and ' yirdit ' ( buried ) , gives the poem extraordinary com- pact force and atmospheric power that simply could not have been achieved in standard English . The ...
... words , together with more common Scots words such as ' lift ' ( sky ) and ' yirdit ' ( buried ) , gives the poem extraordinary com- pact force and atmospheric power that simply could not have been achieved in standard English . The ...
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... word is drawn out , taking up four of the line's seven syllables ( the other three words are all monosyllabic ) empha- sizes the gradual process of diminution . The whole poem is a good example of MacDiarmid's ability to combine the ...
... word is drawn out , taking up four of the line's seven syllables ( the other three words are all monosyllabic ) empha- sizes the gradual process of diminution . The whole poem is a good example of MacDiarmid's ability to combine the ...
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