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... poem achieves universality in part through its compassionate tone and in part through its narrative structure which invites broad interpretation . Cavafy's poem in English translation has served as a model for dozens of purely North ...
... poem achieves universality in part through its compassionate tone and in part through its narrative structure which invites broad interpretation . Cavafy's poem in English translation has served as a model for dozens of purely North ...
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... poems , like all good Chinese poems , reveal . His self - discipline is Ch'an or Zen both in its evidence — the poem - and in its practice . His little poem , " The Uses of Light , " from his Pulitzer Prize - winning Turtle Island ( New ...
... poems , like all good Chinese poems , reveal . His self - discipline is Ch'an or Zen both in its evidence — the poem - and in its practice . His little poem , " The Uses of Light , " from his Pulitzer Prize - winning Turtle Island ( New ...
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... poem's " depth " cannot be created by packing the poem with allusions and implications - hermetics alone . Still , " surface " and " core " may be useful terms for establishing a necessary dialectic ; they provide frames for reference ...
... poem's " depth " cannot be created by packing the poem with allusions and implications - hermetics alone . Still , " surface " and " core " may be useful terms for establishing a necessary dialectic ; they provide frames for reference ...
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Orthodox Heterodox Paradox | 15 |
The Degradation of Money | 27 |
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