An Introduction to the Study of LiteratureHarcourt, Brace, 1925 - 454 pages |
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... poem may arouse feeling .. How the poet uses figures of speech .... 87 87 95 110 How the poet expresses himself through sound . 123 How the poet expresses himself through symbols and images .... 143 The thought in poetry . . . . 148 The ...
... poem may arouse feeling .. How the poet uses figures of speech .... 87 87 95 110 How the poet expresses himself through sound . 123 How the poet expresses himself through symbols and images .... 143 The thought in poetry . . . . 148 The ...
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... poems ? Why do magazines give so much space to short stories and poems 1 CHAPTER I: LITERATURE IN GENERAL The sources of interest in literature.
... poems ? Why do magazines give so much space to short stories and poems 1 CHAPTER I: LITERATURE IN GENERAL The sources of interest in literature.
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... poems attributed to Homer : the Iliad , the story of the events which took place in the tenth year of the siege of Troy ... poem which was recited . It was required that an epic have a theme of dignity or even grandeur , that it be ...
... poems attributed to Homer : the Iliad , the story of the events which took place in the tenth year of the siege of Troy ... poem which was recited . It was required that an epic have a theme of dignity or even grandeur , that it be ...
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... poems which have been influenced by their characteristics such as the Italian Dante's Divine Comedy or the English ... poems , to poems of other peoples modeled upon or in- fluenced by them , to primitive stories of national heroes which ...
... poems which have been influenced by their characteristics such as the Italian Dante's Divine Comedy or the English ... poems , to poems of other peoples modeled upon or in- fluenced by them , to primitive stories of national heroes which ...
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... poem of great seriousness representing an important event at a criti- cal time in the life of a person or persons of exalted rank . The outcome of this event was always melancholy . The style of tragic poetry was necessarily elevated ...
... poem of great seriousness representing an important event at a criti- cal time in the life of a person or persons of exalted rank . The outcome of this event was always melancholy . The style of tragic poetry was necessarily elevated ...
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