Studies in American LiteratureMacmillan, 1912 - 387 pages |
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... example , which it is difficult to put into either class ; just as it is difficult for naturalists to tell whether some living things are animals or vegetables . Nevertheless , the distinction between prose and verse is a real and ...
... example , which it is difficult to put into either class ; just as it is difficult for naturalists to tell whether some living things are animals or vegetables . Nevertheless , the distinction between prose and verse is a real and ...
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... examples of lines are all taken from Longfellow's poems . Solemnly , mournfully , Dealing its dole , The Curfew Bell Is beginning to toll . From the spirits on earth that adore , From the souls that entreat and implore In the fervor and ...
... examples of lines are all taken from Longfellow's poems . Solemnly , mournfully , Dealing its dole , The Curfew Bell Is beginning to toll . From the spirits on earth that adore , From the souls that entreat and implore In the fervor and ...
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... examples are Bryant's " Thanatopsis , " in unrimed iambic pentameter , or Blank Verse ; Longfellow's " Hiawatha , " in unrimed trochaic tetrameter ; Holmes ' " Poetry , a Metrical Essay , " in rimed iam- bic pentameter ; Emerson's ...
... examples are Bryant's " Thanatopsis , " in unrimed iambic pentameter , or Blank Verse ; Longfellow's " Hiawatha , " in unrimed trochaic tetrameter ; Holmes ' " Poetry , a Metrical Essay , " in rimed iam- bic pentameter ; Emerson's ...
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... example from Longfellow's " Psalm of Life . " Tell me not , in mournful numbers , Life is but an empty dream ! For the soul is dead that slumbers , And things are not what they seem . Life is real ! Life is earnest ! And the grave is ...
... example from Longfellow's " Psalm of Life . " Tell me not , in mournful numbers , Life is but an empty dream ! For the soul is dead that slumbers , And things are not what they seem . Life is real ! Life is earnest ! And the grave is ...
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... example , this from " The Star and the Water Lily " : The sun stepped down from his golden throne , And lay in the silent sea , And the Lily had folded her satin leaves , But a sleepy thing was she ; What is the Lily dreaming of ? Why ...
... example , this from " The Star and the Water Lily " : The sun stepped down from his golden throne , And lay in the silent sea , And the Lily had folded her satin leaves , But a sleepy thing was she ; What is the Lily dreaming of ? Why ...
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