Understanding Poetry

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Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1960 - American poetry - 584 pages
Narrative and descriptive poems exemplifying the key elements are presented and analyzed.

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1
A Psalm of Life HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW
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Narrative Poems
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Copyright

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A. E. Housman alliteration anapaest attitude ballad beauty bird comparison contrast Danny Deever dark dead death dramatic dream E. E. Cummings earth effect elements emphasis example EXERCISE eyes fact feel feet flowers foot free verse give heart heaven human iamb iambic iambic pentameter idea imagery implied important instance kind last line last stanza light look lover meaning ment merely metaphor meter metrical moon nature night nightingale Note on Versification passage pattern pause phrase poem poet poet's poetic poetry prose Prufrock question reader reference relation rhyme rhythm Robert Frost Scan scansion scene secondary accents sense shadow sing sleep song soul sound speaker spring stanza stars statement sweet symbol T. S. Eliot thee theme thing thou tion tone tree Ulalume vision W. H. Auden William Butler Yeats wind word Yeats

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TitleUnderstanding Poetry
AuthorsCleanth Brooks, Robert Penn Warren
EditorsCleanth Brooks, Robert Penn Warren
Edition3
PublisherHolt, Rinehart and Winston, 1960
Original fromIndiana University
DigitizedJan 16, 2009
ISBN0030074959, 9780030074950
Length584 pages
  
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