The Pleasure of Poetry: Reading and Enjoying British Poetry from Donne to BurnsBloomsbury Academic, 30.07.2006 - 280 Seiten The poetry produced by the British poets of the 17th and 18th centuries is considered to be among the best ever written. But many general readers feel intimidated by the language or structure of the poetry, and so tend to shy away from enjoying these poets and their works. Nelson takes readers on a tour of the major works and figures of 17th- and 18th-century British poetry, explaining major themes, devices, styles, language, rhythm, sound, tone, imagery, form, and meaning. Beginning each chapter with a sketch of the poet's life and career, the author then looks at five or six representative works, helping readers understand and appreciate the beauty of poetry itself. |
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... meaning . All of these details add up to a portrait that captures some of the indefinable ingredients in the beauty of a carefully dressed , well - to - do lady of the time . The word " precise " was a recognizable code word at that ...
... meaning of this event or even to give it adequate praise . The human cannot measure the divine . This is the meaning of Eas- ter , and a lesson that humans in general , Herbert suggests , find it difficult to accept . Sometimes Herbert ...
... meaning and significance . As he says to his special muse , thee I revisit safe , And feel thy sovran vital lamp ; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes , that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray , and find no dawn ; So thick a drop ...
Inhalt
Introduction to Reading Poetry | 1 |
Poet of Secular and Sacred Love | 19 |
Elegist Satirist and Moralist | 37 |
Urheberrecht | |
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