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Page 74
... rhythms are , however , quite consistent with " Thanatopsis " as a whole ; and it seems unlikely that Bryant would have discarded such potentially rich material in its entirety unless their controlling idea was inadequate . These ...
... rhythms are , however , quite consistent with " Thanatopsis " as a whole ; and it seems unlikely that Bryant would have discarded such potentially rich material in its entirety unless their controlling idea was inadequate . These ...
Page 121
... rhythms , and diction are invariably those of a person of dignity , intellect , and character who speaks to his audience from a slightly elevated podium . In the Evening Post and in Bryant's travel accounts and correspondence , as well ...
... rhythms , and diction are invariably those of a person of dignity , intellect , and character who speaks to his audience from a slightly elevated podium . In the Evening Post and in Bryant's travel accounts and correspondence , as well ...
Page 124
... rhythms of the parallel constructions building toward a contrived climax , and the closing image of an immense and immortal nature . This voice - which could clothe an acute critical observation in an elocutionary rhetoric and evoke not ...
... rhythms of the parallel constructions building toward a contrived climax , and the closing image of an immense and immortal nature . This voice - which could clothe an acute critical observation in an elocutionary rhetoric and evoke not ...
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Chronology | 13 |
The Poems of Nature | 39 |
The Poem of Death | 65 |
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