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The Tyger in this poem is the incarnation of energy, strength, lust, and cruelty,
and the tragic dilemma of mankind is poignantly ... The great poem "London" in
Experience is an especially powerful indictment of the new "acquisitive society"
then ...
The Tyger in this poem is the incarnation of energy, strength, lust, and cruelty,
and the tragic dilemma of mankind is poignantly ... The great poem "London" in
Experience is an especially powerful indictment of the new "acquisitive society"
then ...
Page 565
In her Poems ( 1 844) Barrett had included lines praising Browning, who wrote to
thank her (January 1845). In May they met and soon discovered their love for
each other. Barrett had, however, been for many years an invalid, confined to her
...
In her Poems ( 1 844) Barrett had included lines praising Browning, who wrote to
thank her (January 1845). In May they met and soon discovered their love for
each other. Barrett had, however, been for many years an invalid, confined to her
...
Page 817
An Italian term, derived from the Latin cantus ("song"), it probably originally
indicated a portion of a poem that could be sung ... the name canto was first
adopted for these divisions by the Italian poets Dante, Matteo Maria Boiardo, and
Ludovico ...
An Italian term, derived from the Latin cantus ("song"), it probably originally
indicated a portion of a poem that could be sung ... the name canto was first
adopted for these divisions by the Italian poets Dante, Matteo Maria Boiardo, and
Ludovico ...
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