The Dimensions of Poetry: A Critical AnthologyDodd, Mead, 1966 - 742 pages |
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... stanza of “ Loveliest of Trees " computation is impor- tant . Figure out carefully just how old the speaker is — it will make a great difference in the point of the poem . Explain fully . 2. Describe the difference in tone between stanzas ...
... stanza of “ Loveliest of Trees " computation is impor- tant . Figure out carefully just how old the speaker is — it will make a great difference in the point of the poem . Explain fully . 2. Describe the difference in tone between stanzas ...
Page 348
... stanza , the elaboration suggesting the possibility of an other - worldly or non - natural creator . Not until the next - to - last stanza , however , is there any specific , undebatable reference to deity . There , in an allusion to ...
... stanza , the elaboration suggesting the possibility of an other - worldly or non - natural creator . Not until the next - to - last stanza , however , is there any specific , undebatable reference to deity . There , in an allusion to ...
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... stanza — a nine - line stanza , the first eight in iambic pentam- eter and the last in iambic hexameter ( an alexandrine ) . Used by Spenser in The Faerie Queene . See Keats , " The Eve of St. Agnes . " spondee — a unit or foot of two ...
... stanza — a nine - line stanza , the first eight in iambic pentam- eter and the last in iambic hexameter ( an alexandrine ) . Used by Spenser in The Faerie Queene . See Keats , " The Eve of St. Agnes . " spondee — a unit or foot of two ...
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