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Page 53
... objects he could use as symbols , once admitted to a friend , " You know I always seek in what I see the mani- festation of something beyond the present and tangible object . . . . " This is why , in " To a Skylark , " he is able to ...
... objects he could use as symbols , once admitted to a friend , " You know I always seek in what I see the mani- festation of something beyond the present and tangible object . . . . " This is why , in " To a Skylark , " he is able to ...
Page 67
... objects . A road or way can stand for the possible ( " No way ! " we say , for the impossible ) , a rock for stability , a running brook for change , rising ground for aspiration . His metaphors could equally well serve as symbols . A ...
... objects . A road or way can stand for the possible ( " No way ! " we say , for the impossible ) , a rock for stability , a running brook for change , rising ground for aspiration . His metaphors could equally well serve as symbols . A ...
Page 108
... object of his feelings an animal , perhaps deserves less than the fullness of human love . Emotion is healthy when it is of the kind and in the amount that its object deserves : when what we love is really lovable , when what we fear is ...
... object of his feelings an animal , perhaps deserves less than the fullness of human love . Emotion is healthy when it is of the kind and in the amount that its object deserves : when what we love is really lovable , when what we fear is ...
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