Literature and CriticismChatto and Windus, 1953 - 190 pages |
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... human characters in the action and of the tiny amount of human exper- ience available to the poet in the story he chose for his subject . But it seems likely that the remark was prompted also by the nature of Milton's diction . In part ...
... human characters in the action and of the tiny amount of human exper- ience available to the poet in the story he chose for his subject . But it seems likely that the remark was prompted also by the nature of Milton's diction . In part ...
Page 145
... human feeling . This profundity is felt as simplicity , so assured and true is the feeling behind the words ; behind a reference like ... The useless fragment of a wooden bowl ... ' there is a weight of human thought and feeling . The ...
... human feeling . This profundity is felt as simplicity , so assured and true is the feeling behind the words ; behind a reference like ... The useless fragment of a wooden bowl ... ' there is a weight of human thought and feeling . The ...
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... human situation , some pattern of human relationships . Hopkins was an accomplished scholar ; but though his Greek and Latin unquestionably helped him to his great understanding of the potentialities of words , his poetry is English ...
... human situation , some pattern of human relationships . Hopkins was an accomplished scholar ; but though his Greek and Latin unquestionably helped him to his great understanding of the potentialities of words , his poetry is English ...
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