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Page 89
... simile that is an illustrative parallel , the success of which depends on the exact correlation of the two things being compared ; whereas the poetical simile is a symbol , [ 89 ] THE FUNCTION OF THE EPIC SIMILE.
... simile that is an illustrative parallel , the success of which depends on the exact correlation of the two things being compared ; whereas the poetical simile is a symbol , [ 89 ] THE FUNCTION OF THE EPIC SIMILE.
Page 95
... simile arose from the like view of the Homeric simile , a view which , I am told , still prevails among classical scholars . R. C. Jebb , surprisingly enough , argued against it in his Introduction to Homer ( 1887 ) , and I cannot do ...
... simile arose from the like view of the Homeric simile , a view which , I am told , still prevails among classical scholars . R. C. Jebb , surprisingly enough , argued against it in his Introduction to Homer ( 1887 ) , and I cannot do ...
Page 98
... simile , and that the picture must therefore be completely worked out as in any other description ; yet here is Verity's note , representing the common view : ' This simile is typical of many in Milton . . . . The peculiarity is that he ...
... simile , and that the picture must therefore be completely worked out as in any other description ; yet here is Verity's note , representing the common view : ' This simile is typical of many in Milton . . . . The peculiarity is that he ...
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accepted action Adam and Eve Adam's angels appear argument become beginning better Book called century character comes common course created creation criticism Death describing doctrine Earth effect English epic evil example expressed fact Fall Father feel figure follows fruit God's hand Heaven Hell heroic human ideas images imagination knowledge language Latin less light lines live look means MICHIGAN Milton mind narrative nature never once opening original Paradise Lost passage peace person picture poem poet poetic poetry presented question reader reason relation represent Satan says scene seen sense sight simile stand story style tells thee things thir thou thought tion told true truth UNIVERSITY verse whole wind write