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... speak through that character , describing events from the viewpoint of the character rather than from his own . Knowing who is speaking in a poem provides a valuable key to the under- standing of the poem . FOR EXPLORATION Each and All ...
... speak through that character , describing events from the viewpoint of the character rather than from his own . Knowing who is speaking in a poem provides a valuable key to the under- standing of the poem . FOR EXPLORATION Each and All ...
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... Speak up , Grandma , " the woman said . " What's your name ? We must have your history , you know . Have you been here before ? What seems to be the trouble with you ? " Old Phoenix only gave a twitch to her face as if a fly were ...
... Speak up , Grandma , " the woman said . " What's your name ? We must have your history , you know . Have you been here before ? What seems to be the trouble with you ? " Old Phoenix only gave a twitch to her face as if a fly were ...
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... speak from their graves . Masters ' purpose is to ex- pose , often in ironic terms , the frailties , eccentric- ities , and failures of humans . Most of the speakers are embittered by life , but some , like Lucinda Mat- lock , speak ...
... speak from their graves . Masters ' purpose is to ex- pose , often in ironic terms , the frailties , eccentric- ities , and failures of humans . Most of the speakers are embittered by life , but some , like Lucinda Mat- lock , speak ...
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BERNARD MALAMUD | 20 |
THE NOBEL PRIZE 27 | 64 |
RALPH ELLISON | 75 |
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Agapito AMANDA American asked Aylmer Batman Bernice boat called captain Copyright CREATIVE RESPONSE dance dark day-bed dead death Deerslayer door DOUGLASS Dreiser E. B. White E. E. Cummings EXPLORATION eyes face father feel girl Glass Menagerie hair hand Harpers Ferry HARRY head heard horse JOHN BROWN Kiowas knew laughed LAURA light literary lived looked Marjorie Mary MARY WARREN mean mind MISS MCCUTCHEON mother Negro ness never night Pepé play poem poet poetry Prudencio de Pereda Pulitzer Prize Reprinted by permission Robert Hayden seemed sitting slave sound stand stood story T. S. Eliot talk tell things thou thought tion took trees turned voice W. H. Auden walked words WOZZECK writing young