The Courtship of Miles Standish: And Other PoemsUniversity Publishing, 1901 - 142 pages |
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... called " Popish dregs , " such as making the sign of the cross , using the ring in the marriage service , and wearing the sur- plice . They were strict in the observance of moral , social , and religious duties , and held that creeds ...
... called " Popish dregs , " such as making the sign of the cross , using the ring in the marriage service , and wearing the sur- plice . They were strict in the observance of moral , social , and religious duties , and held that creeds ...
Page xxiii
... called the climax . In " The Courtship " the climax is placed in the mechanical center of the poem in Part V. , where Alden is restrained from sailing away in the " Mayflower " by the love - luring look of Pris- cilla . Everything goes ...
... called the climax . In " The Courtship " the climax is placed in the mechanical center of the poem in Part V. , where Alden is restrained from sailing away in the " Mayflower " by the love - luring look of Pris- cilla . Everything goes ...
Page xxiv
... called the catastrophe ; that of a comedy , the dénouement . The tangling of the plot goes on steadily , step by step , each crisis adding another knot , until we reach the great central crisis , the climax at the beach scene . From ...
... called the catastrophe ; that of a comedy , the dénouement . The tangling of the plot goes on steadily , step by step , each crisis adding another knot , until we reach the great central crisis , the climax at the beach scene . From ...
Page xxxi
... called metaphors . Here the similarity of one object to another is more concisely stated with a gain in force . A metaphor is thus an abridged simile . For example , in I. 13 , 14 , a set of four objects are brought into relation to one ...
... called metaphors . Here the similarity of one object to another is more concisely stated with a gain in force . A metaphor is thus an abridged simile . For example , in I. 13 , 14 , a set of four objects are brought into relation to one ...
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... called personification . In the passage quoted Alden thinks of the wind as a living being , and calls upon it to wrap him in its mist - garments . Another similar use is seen in V. 99 : " Float , O hand of cloud , and vanish away in the ...
... called personification . In the passage quoted Alden thinks of the wind as a living being , and calls upon it to wrap him in its mist - garments . Another similar use is seen in V. 99 : " Float , O hand of cloud , and vanish away in the ...
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accent Angels beautiful beheld Belfry of Bruges Bible breath Bruges Cæsar Captain of Plymouth church cilla colony Courtship of Miles dark dead death Elizabeth Appleton England English Evangeline Excelsior eyes feeling feet Flanders flowers forest Forever-never friendship Full Text gleam grave gray Guy de Dampierre hand heard heart HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW hexameters humor Indian John Alden Julius Cæsar land laugh light living long thoughts Longfellow look loud maiden Master matchlock Mayflower meter Miles Standish mist Never-forever night o'er ocean pause Pecksuot Pilgrims Plym Plymouth Plantation poem poet poet's poetic poetry prayer Priscilla Priscilla Mullens Psalm Published Puritan rain roar Rose sail Sandalphon sang shadows ship silent snow soldier song Song of Hiawatha sorrow sound spake stood story strong sweet Thereupon answered thoughts of youth unaccented syllable vessel village voice wife wind wind's words youth are long