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... fear , I fear , my Master dear ! We shall have a deadly storm . [ Ballad of Sir Patrick Spence ] - i - Well ! If the bard was weather - wise , who made The grand old ballad of Sir Patrick Spence , This night , so tranquil now , will not ...
... fear , I fear , my Master dear ! We shall have a deadly storm . [ Ballad of Sir Patrick Spence ] - i - Well ! If the bard was weather - wise , who made The grand old ballad of Sir Patrick Spence , This night , so tranquil now , will not ...
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... fear , that all men are somewhat enslaved , and that they are really depressed . For some reason the first poem made me think of nighttime and darkness , while the second made me think of daylight and sunshine . This is probably because ...
... fear , that all men are somewhat enslaved , and that they are really depressed . For some reason the first poem made me think of nighttime and darkness , while the second made me think of daylight and sunshine . This is probably because ...
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... fear thee , ancient Mariner ! I fear thy skinny hand ! And thou art long , and lank , and brown , As is the ribbed sea - sand . I fear thee and thy glittering eye , And thy skinny hand , so brown . " - " Fear not , fear not , thou ...
... fear thee , ancient Mariner ! I fear thy skinny hand ! And thou art long , and lank , and brown , As is the ribbed sea - sand . I fear thee and thy glittering eye , And thy skinny hand , so brown . " - " Fear not , fear not , thou ...
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ancient Mariner beauty bird blood breast breath child cloud cold context Copyright curse dark dead death doth dream E. E. Cummings earth example eyes fear feel flowers hair hands hath hear heard heart heaven human iamb iambic pentameter land language light little birdie live look loud Lycidas man's meaning metaphor mind Moon morning mother move never night o'er object person POEMS FOR COMPARISON poet poet's poetic poetry quatrain rain reader RESPONSE rhyme rhythm Richard Cory RICHARD WILBUR Robert Lowell sails second poem sense sestet ship sigh silent sing slant rhyme sleep smile song sonnet soul sound spirit stanza star strange sweet syllables symbol T. S. Eliot thee things thou thought trees trochee verbal verse voice W. H. AUDEN walk Wallace Stevens Wedding-Guest WILLIAM BLAKE wind words youth