Western Wind: An Introduction to Poetry |
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... beauty is like a candle , a lamp , or some other source of light . Since " motley " is the many - colored costume of a fool , a poet implies he lives among fools when he writes Being certain that they and I But lived where motley is ...
... beauty is like a candle , a lamp , or some other source of light . Since " motley " is the many - colored costume of a fool , a poet implies he lives among fools when he writes Being certain that they and I But lived where motley is ...
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... beauty , then he is using rose as a symbol of beauty . If he mentions that he is halfway along a road , but is really thinking that he is in his middle thirties , then he is using road as a symbol of his life span . If he uses his rose ...
... beauty , then he is using rose as a symbol of beauty . If he mentions that he is halfway along a road , but is really thinking that he is in his middle thirties , then he is using road as a symbol of his life span . If he uses his rose ...
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... beauty . The poem is saying , as so many have said , " Now is the time for love ; we do not have forever . " 5 The ... beauty is going to last . PLATO ( late fifth and early fourth centuries B.C. ) The apple is a natural symbol — no mere ...
... beauty . The poem is saying , as so many have said , " Now is the time for love ; we do not have forever . " 5 The ... beauty is going to last . PLATO ( late fifth and early fourth centuries B.C. ) The apple is a natural symbol — no mere ...
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accent alliteration Anthology beauty begins better bird blue body breath called close cold color comes dark dead death deep dreams earth effect emotion English example express eyes face fall feel feet fields flowers four Frost girl give green hair hand head hear heard heart holds human images John keep kind language leaves light lines live look meaning metaphor mind moon mouth move nature never night objects once pass play poem poet poetry rain rhyme rhythm Robert rose seems sense SHAKESPEARE shape sing sometimes song sound speech stand stanza sweet syllables symbol tell thee things thou thought trees turn verse vowel walk wind words writing Yeats young