Phoenix, Volume 1Sri Lanka Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies, 1990 - Commonwealth literature (English) |
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... stared at him . Would he move ? Perhaps he would not mind , if they searched there too . ' Look around this place . You might find something . See , I found this , ' he said to them , ' You might be luckier . ' They came up to him ...
... stared at him . Would he move ? Perhaps he would not mind , if they searched there too . ' Look around this place . You might find something . See , I found this , ' he said to them , ' You might be luckier . ' They came up to him ...
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... stared at the door . Although it was closed he could see it open . The last time mother had staggered up the staircase to him , carrying a plate of rice and curry with papadams fried the way he liked them , fried all bloated up , he had ...
... stared at the door . Although it was closed he could see it open . The last time mother had staggered up the staircase to him , carrying a plate of rice and curry with papadams fried the way he liked them , fried all bloated up , he had ...
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... stare at us from the page . The rhythms of the new stanza are clogged and harsh . The clashing stresses , the stumbling monosyllables and thick consonants , which slow the line down , enact the clumsy movements of the creature . In both ...
... stare at us from the page . The rhythms of the new stanza are clogged and harsh . The clashing stresses , the stumbling monosyllables and thick consonants , which slow the line down , enact the clumsy movements of the creature . In both ...
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