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... rhythms of his own poems prove how power- fully they can work despite their outward silence . One not very subtle example will demonstrate how a poetic rhythm can come off the page and begin pulsing within the reader : How They Brought ...
... rhythms of his own poems prove how power- fully they can work despite their outward silence . One not very subtle example will demonstrate how a poetic rhythm can come off the page and begin pulsing within the reader : How They Brought ...
Page 168
... rhythm is the first line of Hamlet's first act soliloquy : O , that this too , too solid flesh would melt . . How neatly this rhythm fits Hamlet's personality : quick and im- pulsive at the offset , then immobilized by inner conflict ...
... rhythm is the first line of Hamlet's first act soliloquy : O , that this too , too solid flesh would melt . . How neatly this rhythm fits Hamlet's personality : quick and im- pulsive at the offset , then immobilized by inner conflict ...
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... rhythmic order . In the following poem Archibald MacLeish contrasts conventional iambic pentameter with strong , irregular accentual rhythm , which in this case might be called accentual pentameter . Two voices are heard : the voice of ...
... rhythmic order . In the following poem Archibald MacLeish contrasts conventional iambic pentameter with strong , irregular accentual rhythm , which in this case might be called accentual pentameter . Two voices are heard : the voice of ...
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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