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... course , is an appreciation of the poet's aims , his interests , and his capacities ; and it is to this area that atten- tion must first be directed . I Major Characteristics For some time the major characteristics of Bryant's art have ...
... course , is an appreciation of the poet's aims , his interests , and his capacities ; and it is to this area that atten- tion must first be directed . I Major Characteristics For some time the major characteristics of Bryant's art have ...
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... course , but only through the process of the poem itself . The fourth and eighth stanzas in " To a Waterfowl " are not pious platitudes ; they are the efforts of the mind , and then of the heart , to relate within the context of the ...
... course , but only through the process of the poem itself . The fourth and eighth stanzas in " To a Waterfowl " are not pious platitudes ; they are the efforts of the mind , and then of the heart , to relate within the context of the ...
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... course , a stream of consciousness , but then respectable poets of the early nineteenth century did not acknowledge the vulgar rumblings of the id . They did recognize , however , that there were ineffable truths not touched by the ...
... course , a stream of consciousness , but then respectable poets of the early nineteenth century did not acknowledge the vulgar rumblings of the id . They did recognize , however , that there were ineffable truths not touched by the ...
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