Literature and CriticismChatto and Windus, 1953 - 190 pages |
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Page 133
... diction ( which is due to the different attitudes , of course ) : on the one hand the racy and colloquial Scots , on the other the ' Grand Style ' . It is not intended to compare the two poets generally , nor to embark on the great ...
... diction ( which is due to the different attitudes , of course ) : on the one hand the racy and colloquial Scots , on the other the ' Grand Style ' . It is not intended to compare the two poets generally , nor to embark on the great ...
Page 155
... diction , and in this connexion we find that we have in this poem ' a selection of language used by men ' , in the sense that Wordsworth intended . Both imagery and diction are drawn from common human life , the imagery having a homely ...
... diction , and in this connexion we find that we have in this poem ' a selection of language used by men ' , in the sense that Wordsworth intended . Both imagery and diction are drawn from common human life , the imagery having a homely ...
Page 157
... diction is not so essential as in poetry , seems on the whole indisputable . Especially in longer pieces of prose writing , where sig- nificances are gradually built up , and where the final effect , or effects , depend on the ...
... diction is not so essential as in poetry , seems on the whole indisputable . Especially in longer pieces of prose writing , where sig- nificances are gradually built up , and where the final effect , or effects , depend on the ...
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