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... head [ grown slightly bald ] brought in upon a platter , I am no prophet — and here's no great matter ; I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker , 85 And I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat , and snicker , And in short ...
... head [ grown slightly bald ] brought in upon a platter , I am no prophet — and here's no great matter ; I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker , 85 And I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat , and snicker , And in short ...
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... head ! On them reposes , prestidigitous , Ruling the cosmos , a demon - magician , Anti - Bukashkin the Academician , 5 Lapped in the arms of Lollobrigidas . But Anti - Bukashkin's dreams are the color Of blotting paper , and couldn't ...
... head ! On them reposes , prestidigitous , Ruling the cosmos , a demon - magician , Anti - Bukashkin the Academician , 5 Lapped in the arms of Lollobrigidas . But Anti - Bukashkin's dreams are the color Of blotting paper , and couldn't ...
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... head poised aloft , The grip on earth of outspread feet . The life of muscles rocking soft And smooth and moist in vernal heat . 25 30 35 40 45 Out of the woods two hulking tramps ( From sleeping God knows where last night , 50 But not ...
... head poised aloft , The grip on earth of outspread feet . The life of muscles rocking soft And smooth and moist in vernal heat . 25 30 35 40 45 Out of the woods two hulking tramps ( From sleeping God knows where last night , 50 But not ...
Contents
poetry and use | 11 |
poetry and truth | 20 |
Questions for Study | 34 |
Copyright | |
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accents anapests beat beauty bird blank verse break breath caesura called Chromis couplet dark dead death DOLLABELLA DOTO dramatic dream Dylan Thomas DYNAMENE Eliot English enjambment experience eyes feel feet free verse Frost Ginsberg hand hear heart iambic iambic pentameter iambs imagery imagination language light look lyric madam meaning meter metrical Milton mind moon never night passage pattern pentameter phrase play poem poet poetic poetry prose Prufrock quatrain reader REFERENCES rhyme rhythm Richard Wilbur Robert Robert Lowell scansion seems sense Shakespeare Silas sing song sonnet soul sound speak speech spondee stanza stress strophe suggests sweet syllables symbolic T. S. Eliot TEGEUS tell thee things thou thought tion tradition trochee truth turn verse paragraphs Virilius voice W. D. Snodgrass Warren wind words writing