Studies in American LiteratureMacmillan, 1912 - 387 pages |
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... poems of Walt Whitman , for 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 ...
... poems of Walt Whitman , for 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 ...
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... poems , such as Whittier's " Snow - Bound , " Bryant's translation of Homer , and others . Of this form some of the best - known examples are Bryant's " Thanatopsis , " in unrimed iambic pentameter , or Blank Verse ; Longfellow's ...
... poems , such as Whittier's " Snow - Bound , " Bryant's translation of Homer , and others . Of this form some of the best - known examples are Bryant's " Thanatopsis , " in unrimed iambic pentameter , or Blank Verse ; Longfellow's ...
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... poems , called " After a Tempest . " The day had been a day of wind and storm ; The wind was laid , the storm was overpast , And stooping from the zenith bright and warm Shone the great sun on the wide earth at last . I stood upon the ...
... poems , called " After a Tempest . " The day had been a day of wind and storm ; The wind was laid , the storm was overpast , And stooping from the zenith bright and warm Shone the great sun on the wide earth at last . I stood upon the ...
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... poems and in odes , the groups of lines are of irregular number and often exceed nine . In these The Strophe . cases ... poem " In Memoriam . " The six - line group may be arranged in several different ways , a scheme frequently used ...
... poems and in odes , the groups of lines are of irregular number and often exceed nine . In these The Strophe . cases ... poem " In Memoriam . " The six - line group may be arranged in several different ways , a scheme frequently used ...
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... poems , but do not follow the rules of riming and grouping given above . A good example of the Sonnet is " The Broken Oar , " by Longfellow . Once upon Iceland's solitary strand A poet wandered with his book and pen , Seeking some final ...
... poems , but do not follow the rules of riming and grouping given above . A good example of the Sonnet is " The Broken Oar , " by Longfellow . Once upon Iceland's solitary strand A poet wandered with his book and pen , Seeking some final ...
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