American Writers: A Collection of Literary Biographies. Vachel Lindsay to Elinor Wylie. supplement I.. part 2Contains biographical and critical essays on the work of important American writers. Presents scholar-signed essays prepared by experts in the field. |
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Page 122
... final realization . The storm that confounds the poet is the storm of time . Ultimately , she sees in the final stanza that earthly fame , even the engraved words of her own poetry , are nothing compared with eternity and the heavenly ...
... final realization . The storm that confounds the poet is the storm of time . Ultimately , she sees in the final stanza that earthly fame , even the engraved words of her own poetry , are nothing compared with eternity and the heavenly ...
Page 265
... final command : the metaphor of the sea as a drape or blanket ; a metaphor re- vealed in the final word by substituting " fir " for " pines , " thereby allowing the pun on " fur " -a 99 pun that works backward via " hurl " ( " furl ...
... final command : the metaphor of the sea as a drape or blanket ; a metaphor re- vealed in the final word by substituting " fir " for " pines , " thereby allowing the pun on " fur " -a 99 pun that works backward via " hurl " ( " furl ...
Page 360
... final stanza , one can also observe the process by which Lanier would broaden man's love of the universe . But one can also see why Howells rejected the poem : the con- nection between " the apostrophe in the begin- ning and the bit of ...
... final stanza , one can also observe the process by which Lanier would broaden man's love of the universe . But one can also see why Howells rejected the poem : the con- nection between " the apostrophe in the begin- ning and the bit of ...
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