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... pattern of images . A poem may or may not have a theme or underlying idea purely as a backbone , often praise of nature or a loved one , sometimes fear of death or conversely desire for immortality , sometimes an examination of the ...
... pattern of images . A poem may or may not have a theme or underlying idea purely as a backbone , often praise of nature or a loved one , sometimes fear of death or conversely desire for immortality , sometimes an examination of the ...
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... patterns of the wind , that fade To stillness and then faintly disappear , Alternate as my hope ; McAuley relies upon precision of statement and clarity of imagery for poetic effect ; generally he is conservative in the use and ...
... patterns of the wind , that fade To stillness and then faintly disappear , Alternate as my hope ; McAuley relies upon precision of statement and clarity of imagery for poetic effect ; generally he is conservative in the use and ...
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... patterns ; the Petrarchan rhymes a bb a a bba in the octave , with variations in the sestet , e.g. , cdecde or cdcdcd ; the Shakespearean is a succes- sion of three quatrains with a concluding couplet , rhyming as follows : a ...
... patterns ; the Petrarchan rhymes a bb a a bba in the octave , with variations in the sestet , e.g. , cdecde or cdcdcd ; the Shakespearean is a succes- sion of three quatrains with a concluding couplet , rhyming as follows : a ...
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A. D. Hope Aborigine abstract Ancient Mariner Australian basic Brindabella Bullocky cadence Captain Quiros character closed couplet colour context contrast dark death descriptive despair diction Douglas Stewart effect emotion Essay on Memory example experience expressive verbs feeling Fifth Day final stanza Five Bells fuses futile Geoffrey Dutton Henry the Navigator Homeric simile Hope's human iambic imagery imagination impression James McAuley Judith Wright landscape Lane light of home line stanza rhymed linked lyrical ballad McAuley's metaphor metaphysical modern Moorebank mystical near-rhyme Nigger's Leap night NOTES ON SIX nouns past pattern Persons from Porlock phrase poet's poetic poetry precise present prosy quatrain R. D. FitzGerald reflection regeneration rhymed in various rhythm romantic Sailing to Byzantium satire sense sestet SHAKESPEARE HEAD PRESS simple SIX VOICES Slessor Snow Gum sometimes Standardisation Sydney symbol theme three poems tide Tomb of Heracles visual W. B. Yeats whereas whole poem Wind words