Preface |
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Professional Acknowledgments |
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Foreword to Students |
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Writing about Literature |
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I. Why Write about Literature? |
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II. For Whom Do You Write? |
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III. Two Basic Approaches |
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1. Papers That Focus on a Single Literary Work |
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2. Papers of Comparison and Contrast |
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3. Papers on a Number of Works by a Single Author |
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4. Papers on a Number of Works with Some Feature Other Than Authorship in Common |
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VII. Writing In-Class Essays or Essay Tests |
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VIII. Introducing Quotations (Qi-Q11) |
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1. Textual Documentation (TD1-TD5) |
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2. Parenthetical Documentation (PD1-PD6) |
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3. Documentation by Works Cited |
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4. Documentation of Electronic Sources |
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X. Stance and Style (S1-S6) |
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XI. Grammar, Punctuation, and Usage: Common Problems |
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34 | (1) |
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37 | (3) |
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1. Fiction Explication: "Darkness" in the Conclusion of "The Child by Tiger" |
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2. Fiction Analysis: The Function of the Frame Story in "Once upon a Time" |
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3. Poetry Explication: "A Study of Reading Habits" |
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4. Poetry Analysis: Diction in "Pathedy of Manners" |
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5. Drama Explication: Iago's First Soliloquy |
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6. Drama Analysis: Othello's Race |
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Fiction The Elements of Fiction |
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Chapter One One Reading the Story |
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Understanding and Evaluating Fiction |
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Chapter Two Plot and Structure |
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125 | (16) |
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141 | (19) |
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Chapter Three Characterization |
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166 | (1) |
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166 | (9) |
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175 | (4) |
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179 | (8) |
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187 | (1) |
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188 | (39) |
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195 | (7) |
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Translated by Constance Garnett |
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212 | (8) |
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220 | (5) |
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225 | (2) |
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Chapter Five Point of View |
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227 | (47) |
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233 | (1) |
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234 | (17) |
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251 | (9) |
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The Jilting of Granny Weatherall |
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260 | (8) |
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Hills Like White Elephants |
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268 | (5) |
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273 | (1) |
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Chapter Six Symbol, Allegory, and Fantasy |
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274 | (60) |
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285 | (1) |
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285 | (14) |
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299 | (12) |
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Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? |
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311 | (16) |
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A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings |
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327 | (1) |
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Translated by Gregory Rabassa |
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333 | (1) |
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Chapter Seven Humor and Irony |
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334 | (37) |
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338 | (1) |
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339 | (9) |
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348 | (10) |
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358 | (1) |
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Translated by Justin O'Brien |
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370 | (1) |
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Chapter Eight Evaluating Fiction |
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371 | (64) |
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374 | (1) |
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375 | (1) |
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375 | (14) |
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389 | (19) |
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408 | (1) |
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409 | (11) |
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420 | (14) |
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434 | (1) |
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Two Featured Writers James Joyce and Flannery O'Connor |
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435 | (1) |
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437 | (5) |
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442 | (5) |
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447 | (7) |
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A Good Man Is Hard to Find |
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454 | (14) |
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468 | (18) |
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486 | (20) |
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506 | (3) |
Stories for Further Reading |
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509 | (432) |
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511 | (5) |
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516 | (13) |
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529 | (10) |
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539 | (7) |
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The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky |
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546 | (10) |
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556 | (8) |
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564 | (11) |
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575 | (4) |
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579 | (32) |
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611 | (6) |
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617 | (2) |
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619 | (6) |
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625 | (20) |
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Poetry Elements of Poetry |
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Chapter One What Is Poetry? |
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647 | (1) |
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649 | (1) |
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650 | (1) |
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651 | (1) |
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654 | (1) |
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Understanding and Evaluating Poetry |
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655 | (1) |
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Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? |
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656 | (1) |
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656 | (1) |
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The last Night that She lived |
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657 | (1) |
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658 | (2) |
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660 | (1) |
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661 | (1) |
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661 | (1) |
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Terence, this is stupid stuff |
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662 | (2) |
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664 | (1) |
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665 | (1) |
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666 | (2) |
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Chapter Two Reading the Poem |
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668 | (1) |
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670 | (1) |
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A Study of Reading Habits |
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671 | (3) |
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674 | (1) |
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677 | (1) |
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677 | (1) |
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There's been a Death, in the Opposite House |
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678 | (1) |
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679 | (1) |
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680 | (1) |
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680 | (1) |
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681 | (1) |
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682 | (2) |
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684 | (1) |
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685 | (1) |
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Chapter Three Denotation and Connotation |
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686 | (1) |
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There is no Frigate like a Book |
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686 | (2) |
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When my love swears that she is made of truth |
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688 | (1) |
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689 | (2) |
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691 | (1) |
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692 | (1) |
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692 | (1) |
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693 | (1) |
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The world is too much with us |
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694 | (1) |
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695 | (1) |
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696 | (1) |
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697 | (1) |
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698 | (1) |
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699 | (1) |
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700 | (1) |
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701 | (1) |
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702 | (1) |
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703 | (1) |
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703 | (1) |
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703 | (1) |
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The Widow's Lament in Springtime |
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704 | (1) |
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I felt a Funeral, in my Brain |
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705 | (1) |
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706 | (1) |
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707 | (1) |
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708 | (1) |
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709 | (1) |
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710 | (1) |
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George Gordon, Lord Byron |
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The Destruction of Sennacherib |
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710 | (1) |
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711 | (2) |
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713 | (1) |
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Chapter Five Figurative Language I: Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Apostrophe, Metonymy |
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714 | (1) |
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715 | (1) |
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715 | (1) |
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716 | (1) |
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It sifts from Leaden Sieves |
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717 | (2) |
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719 | (2) |
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721 | (3) |
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724 | (1) |
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724 | (1) |
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725 | (1) |
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I taste a liquor never brewed |
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725 | (1) |
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726 | (1) |
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727 | (1) |
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728 | (1) |
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A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning |
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729 | (1) |
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730 | (2) |
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732 | (1) |
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732 | (1) |
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733 | (1) |
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Chapter Six Figurative Language 2: Symbol, Allegory |
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734 | (1) |
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734 | (2) |
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A Noiseless Patient Spider |
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736 | (1) |
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737 | (2) |
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739 | (3) |
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To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time |
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742 | (1) |
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743 | (2) |
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745 | (1) |
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745 | (1) |
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746 | (1) |
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746 | (3) |
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749 | (1) |
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750 | (1) |
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751 | (1) |
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Because I could not stop for Death |
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752 | (1) |
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Hymn to God My God, in My Sickness |
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753 | (2) |
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755 | (1) |
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Chapter Seven Figurative Language 3: Paradox, Overstatement, Understatement, Irony |
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756 | (1) |
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Much Madness is divinest Sense |
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757 | (1) |
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758 | (1) |
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759 | (2) |
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761 | (2) |
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763 | (1) |
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764 | (1) |
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765 | (1) |
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766 | (1) |
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Batter my heart, three-personed God |
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766 | (1) |
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767 | (2) |
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769 | (1) |
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770 | (1) |
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771 | (1) |
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772 | (1) |
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773 | (1) |
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774 | (1) |
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775 | (1) |
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775 | (2) |
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777 | (1) |
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778 | (1) |
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779 | (1) |
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From Macbeth ("She should have died hereafter") |
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780 | (1) |
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781 | (1) |
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782 | (1) |
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783 | (1) |
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783 | (1) |
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784 | (1) |
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785 | (1) |
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786 | (2) |
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788 | (1) |
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I Dream I'm the Death of Orpheus |
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789 | (1) |
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789 | (2) |
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Chapter Nine Meaning and Idea |
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791 | (1) |
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792 | (1) |
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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening |
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793 | (1) |
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795 | (1) |
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795 | (1) |
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796 | (1) |
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797 | (1) |
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"Faith" is a fine invention |
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797 | (1) |
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798 | (1) |
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798 | (1) |
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799 | (1) |
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800 | (1) |
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801 | (1) |
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802 | (1) |
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803 | (1) |
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804 | (1) |
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806 | (1) |
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Apparently with no surprise |
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806 | (2) |
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808 | (1) |
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809 | (1) |
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809 | (1) |
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810 | (1) |
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810 | (1) |
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811 | (1) |
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One dignity delays for all |
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812 | (1) |
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'Twas warm-at first-like Us |
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813 | (1) |
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813 | (1) |
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814 | (2) |
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816 | (1) |
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817 | (3) |
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820 | (1) |
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820 | (1) |
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821 | (1) |
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Chapter Eleven Musical Devices |
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822 | (1) |
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823 | (2) |
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That night when joy began |
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825 | (1) |
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826 | (2) |
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828 | (1) |
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829 | (1) |
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830 | (1) |
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Blow, blow, thou winter wind |
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830 | (1) |
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831 | (1) |
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832 | (1) |
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833 | (1) |
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As imperceptibly as Grief |
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834 | (1) |
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Traveling through the dark |
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835 | (1) |
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836 | (1) |
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836 | (1) |
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837 | (1) |
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837 | (1) |
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Chapter Twelve Two Rhythm and Meter |
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838 | (1) |
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843 | (9) |
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852 | (1) |
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853 | (1) |
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"Introduction" to Songs of Innocence |
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853 | (1) |
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854 | (1) |
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855 | (1) |
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855 | (1) |
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856 | (1) |
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857 | (1) |
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To a Daughter Leaving Home |
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858 | (1) |
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859 | (1) |
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Constantly risking absurdity |
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860 | (1) |
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861 | (1) |
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862 | (1) |
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863 | (1) |
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Chapter Thirteen Sound and Meaning |
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864 | (1) |
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866 | (1) |
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867 | (4) |
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I heard a Fly buzz-when I died |
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871 | (2) |
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873 | (2) |
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Reviewing Chapter Thirteen |
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875 | (1) |
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875 | (1) |
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876 | (1) |
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877 | (1) |
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878 | (1) |
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At the round earth's imagined corners |
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878 | (1) |
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879 | (1) |
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880 | (1) |
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880 | (1) |
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881 | (1) |
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882 | (1) |
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883 | (1) |
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884 | (2) |
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On First Looking into Chapman's Homer |
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886 | (1) |
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887 | (2) |
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Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night |
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889 | (1) |
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890 | (1) |
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Reviewing Chapter Fourteen |
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891 | (1) |
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891 | (1) |
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892 | (1) |
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893 | (1) |
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893 | (1) |
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894 | (1) |
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895 | (1) |
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896 | (1) |
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Acquainted with the Night |
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897 | (1) |
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These are the days when Birds come back |
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898 | (1) |
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899 | (1) |
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900 | (1) |
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901 | (1) |
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901 | (2) |
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Chapter Fifteen Evaluating Poetry I: Sentimental, Rhetorical, Didactic Verse |
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903 | (12) |
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Reviewing Chapter Fifteen |
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906 | (1) |
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God's Will for You and Me |
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906 | (1) |
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907 | (1) |
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907 | (1) |
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The Most Vital Thing in Life |
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908 | (1) |
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908 | (1) |
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The Old-Fashioned Pitcher |
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909 | (1) |
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909 | (1) |
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910 | (1) |
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910 | (1) |
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I like to see it lap the Miles |
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911 | (1) |
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911 | (1) |
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912 | (1) |
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When I have fears that I may cease to be |
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913 | (1) |
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914 | (1) |
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914 | (1) |
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Chapter Sixteen Evaluating Poetry 2: Poetic Excellence |
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915 | (1) |
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916 | (2) |
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918 | (2) |
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There's a certain Slant of light |
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920 | (1) |
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921 | (4) |
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The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock |
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934 | (2) |
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936 | (2) |
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938 | (3) |
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941 | (488) |
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943 | (1) |
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943 | (1) |
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On Reading Poems to a Senior Class at South High |
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945 | (1) |
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946 | (1) |
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947 | (1) |
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Sign for My Father, Who Stressed the Bunt |
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948 | (1) |
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948 | (1) |
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949 | (1) |
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950 | (1) |
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950 | (1) |
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951 | (1) |
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952 | (1) |
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953 | (2) |
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955 | (1) |
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955 | (1) |
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A narrow Fellow in the Grass |
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955 | (1) |
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I died for Beauty-but was scarce |
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956 | (1) |
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957 | (1) |
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957 | (1) |
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Song: Go and catch a falling star |
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958 | (1) |
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959 | (1) |
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959 | (1) |
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960 | (1) |
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961 | (1) |
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962 | (1) |
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963 | (2) |
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Never Again Would Birds' Song Be the Same |
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965 | (1) |
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965 | (1) |
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Snow White and the Seven Deadly Sins |
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965 | (2) |
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967 | (1) |
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967 | (1) |
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968 | (1) |
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969 | (1) |
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970 | (1) |
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To an Athlete Dying Young |
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971 | (1) |
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972 | (1) |
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972 | (2) |
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974 | (1) |
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The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner |
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974 | (1) |
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974 | (1) |
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975 | (2) |
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977 | (2) |
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979 | (1) |
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980 | (1) |
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981 | (1) |
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982 | (1) |
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983 | (1) |
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983 | (1) |
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984 | (1) |
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985 | (1) |
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985 | (1) |
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986 | (1) |
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987 | (1) |
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988 | (1) |
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989 | (1) |
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Bells for John Whiteside's Daughter |
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990 | (1) |
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990 | (1) |
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991 | (1) |
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991 | (1) |
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992 | (1) |
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993 | (1) |
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994 | (1) |
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994 | (2) |
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996 | (1) |
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997 | (1) |
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997 | (1) |
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998 | (1) |
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998 | (1) |
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999 | (1) |
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1000 | (1) |
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Let me not to the marriage of true minds |
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1001 | (1) |
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1001 | (1) |
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Little Ode to the Wheelchair Boys |
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1002 | (1) |
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1003 | (2) |
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1005 | (1) |
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1006 | (1) |
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One day I wrote her name upon the strand |
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1007 | (1) |
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1007 | (1) |
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Disillusionment of Ten O'Clock |
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1008 | (1) |
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1008 | (1) |
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Listening to My Mother's Comic Banter with Sackboys and Servers |
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1009 | (1) |
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1010 | (2) |
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1012 | (1) |
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1013 | (1) |
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1013 | (1) |
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1014 | (1) |
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When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer |
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1015 | (1) |
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1015 | (1) |
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1016 | (1) |
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1017 | (1) |
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1017 | (1) |
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Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802 |
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1018 | (1) |
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I wandered lonely as a cloud |
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1019 | (1) |
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1019 | (1) |
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1020 | (1) |
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1021 | (1) |
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1022 | (1) |
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1023 | (2) |
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Drama The Elements of Drama |
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1025 | (404) |
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Chapter One The Nature of Drama |
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1027 | (47) |
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1030 | (1) |
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Understanding and Evaluating Drama |
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1030 | (3) |
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1033 | (12) |
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1045 | (11) |
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1056 | (7) |
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1063 | (10) |
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1073 | (1) |
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Chapter Two Realistic and Nonrealistic Drama |
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1074 | (135) |
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1078 | (1) |
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1079 | (1) |
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Translated by Otto Reinert |
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1143 | (54) |
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1197 | (10) |
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1207 | (2) |
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Chapter Three Tragedy and Comedy |
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1209 | (222) |
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1216 | (1) |
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1216 | (1) |
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Translated by Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald |
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Othello, the Moor of Venice |
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1263 | (95) |
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Tartuffe, or The Impostor |
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1358 | (1) |
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Translated by Richard Wilbur |
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1415 | (1) |
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Translated by Avrahm Yarmolinsky |
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1426 | (3) |
Plays For Further Reading |
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1429 | (230) |
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For Whom the Southern Bette Tolls (or, "The Further Adventures of Amanda and Her Children") |
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1431 | (14) |
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1445 | (81) |
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1526 | (12) |
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A Midsummer Night's Dream |
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1538 | (63) |
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1601 | (58) |
Glossary of Terms |
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1659 | (14) |
Copyrights and Acknowledgments |
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1673 | (12) |
Index of Authors, Titles, and First Lines |
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