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... body . Aware of two bodies . Aware of the world . It sounds - though from long ago — like a real voice speaking . If we do not believe the voice in a poem , nothing else matters : The poet has left a credibility gap we will never bridge ...
... body . Aware of two bodies . Aware of the world . It sounds - though from long ago — like a real voice speaking . If we do not believe the voice in a poem , nothing else matters : The poet has left a credibility gap we will never bridge ...
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... body corresponded to the brain area devoted to each part . More brain - space is needed for the mouth than for all the rest of the body except the hands . We can think of words as having not only a mind ( their meanings ) but also a body ...
... body corresponded to the brain area devoted to each part . More brain - space is needed for the mouth than for all the rest of the body except the hands . We can think of words as having not only a mind ( their meanings ) but also a body ...
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... body to participate in the being of a poem , just as the poet's body participated in its creation . Some poets admit that , even in passionate love poems , sound matters more than sense to them . Considered as just measures for a line ...
... body to participate in the being of a poem , just as the poet's body participated in its creation . Some poets admit that , even in passionate love poems , sound matters more than sense to them . Considered as just measures for a line ...
Common terms and phrases
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