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Contents
CONRAD AIKEN | 4 |
ANONYMOUS | 6 |
WHATS IT LIKE? Simile Metaphor | 20 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Western wind: an introduction to poetry |
| Editor | John Frederick Nims |
| Edition | 3, illustrated |
| Publisher | McGraw-Hill, 1992 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 25 Feb 2008 |
| ISBN | 0070465746, 9780070465749 |
| Length | 634 pages |
| Subjects | › Literary Criticism / Poetry Poetics Poetry Poetry - Collections Poetry / Anthologies Poetry / Anthologies (multiple authors) |
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