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... short = your life was too short , you who were the hope of our language . 24. bound = crowned . = 25. gloomy obscure and cheerless ; encompass = surround ; thee ( arch . ) = you ; the line is an almost literal translation of Aeneid VI ...
... short = your life was too short , you who were the hope of our language . 24. bound = crowned . = 25. gloomy obscure and cheerless ; encompass = surround ; thee ( arch . ) = you ; the line is an almost literal translation of Aeneid VI ...
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... short illusion and he drowns in the sea of everyday triviality . text analysis Read the poem and the footnotes carefully , then : 1. List words or lines refer- ring : a ) to the setting of the poem b ) to human presence in the setting c ...
... short illusion and he drowns in the sea of everyday triviality . text analysis Read the poem and the footnotes carefully , then : 1. List words or lines refer- ring : a ) to the setting of the poem b ) to human presence in the setting c ...
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... short life was enough for Stephen Crane to gain a place in the history of American literature both as a poet and as a prose writer , author of one of the best war novels ever written , The Red Badge of Courage . Surprisingly , when he ...
... short life was enough for Stephen Crane to gain a place in the history of American literature both as a poet and as a prose writer , author of one of the best war novels ever written , The Red Badge of Courage . Surprisingly , when he ...
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