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Page 41
... things to people . We personify , or see as people , not only inanimate things but also abstractions , movements , or events . In the childhood of the individual , in the childhood of the race , in the mind of the dreamer , we find ...
... things to people . We personify , or see as people , not only inanimate things but also abstractions , movements , or events . In the childhood of the individual , in the childhood of the race , in the mind of the dreamer , we find ...
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... things can no longer be themselves . What is felt to be the main difference between symbolism and allegory is that the symbolic detail is a real thing which suggests other things — as we know a real thing can do . But the allegorical ...
... things can no longer be themselves . What is felt to be the main difference between symbolism and allegory is that the symbolic detail is a real thing which suggests other things — as we know a real thing can do . But the allegorical ...
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... things memorably . The interplay of image and emotion is not yet poetry ; without the word it would remain forever ... thing thing . . . , " said Robert Frost . Poets care about the sound and length of words , their suggestions , their ...
... things memorably . The interplay of image and emotion is not yet poetry ; without the word it would remain forever ... thing thing . . . , " said Robert Frost . Poets care about the sound and length of words , their suggestions , their ...
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