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... once more . Most readers will find it difficult to get very worked up over Little Libbie's passing . An event , in itself , may call for pity but the artistry used to inspire that emotion in others must never itself be pitiable . The ...
... once more . Most readers will find it difficult to get very worked up over Little Libbie's passing . An event , in itself , may call for pity but the artistry used to inspire that emotion in others must never itself be pitiable . The ...
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... once smiled up at me from my cup - and now , O bitter lees at the bottom , you too will I drink down ! " ( a bit theatrical , to say the least ) . At the simile level he could have said : " Life is like wine and I want to experience it ...
... once smiled up at me from my cup - and now , O bitter lees at the bottom , you too will I drink down ! " ( a bit theatrical , to say the least ) . At the simile level he could have said : " Life is like wine and I want to experience it ...
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... once more I view the ocean green , And looked far forth , yet little saw Of what had else been seen- Like one , that on a lonesome road Doth walk in fear and dread , And having once turned round walks on , And turns no more his head ...
... once more I view the ocean green , And looked far forth , yet little saw Of what had else been seen- Like one , that on a lonesome road Doth walk in fear and dread , And having once turned round walks on , And turns no more his head ...
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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