Common-school Literature, English and American: With Several Hundred Extracts to be MemorizedContains a short sketch about Eugene Field and his work (p. 123-124). |
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... verse . A Descriptive poem is one that describes something . Narration and description are generally combined . Examples : Chaucer's Canterbury Tales , Scott's Lady of the Lake . Lyric poetry is poetry suitable for music . It includes ...
... verse . A Descriptive poem is one that describes something . Narration and description are generally combined . Examples : Chaucer's Canterbury Tales , Scott's Lady of the Lake . Lyric poetry is poetry suitable for music . It includes ...
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... verse . He was exe- cuted by the King upon an absurd charge of treason . SIR THOMAS MORE ( 1480-1535 ) , Chancellor to Henry VIII . , executed because he refused to assist the King in getting a divorce from Catharine . Author of Utopia ...
... verse . He was exe- cuted by the King upon an absurd charge of treason . SIR THOMAS MORE ( 1480-1535 ) , Chancellor to Henry VIII . , executed because he refused to assist the King in getting a divorce from Catharine . Author of Utopia ...
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... Verses ) , Pindaric Odes , Davideis , etc .; also of some ex . cellent Essays . GEORGE WITHER ( 1588-1667 ) , a soldier and poet on the side of Cromwell , author of Shepherd's Hunting , Hymns and Songs of the Church , Abuses Stript and ...
... Verses ) , Pindaric Odes , Davideis , etc .; also of some ex . cellent Essays . GEORGE WITHER ( 1588-1667 ) , a soldier and poet on the side of Cromwell , author of Shepherd's Hunting , Hymns and Songs of the Church , Abuses Stript and ...
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... verse , the full resounding line , The long majestic march and energy divine . ADDISON . 1672-1719 . Epistles of Horace . The history of literature presents few nobler and more symmet- rical characters than that of Joseph Addison . He ...
... verse , the full resounding line , The long majestic march and energy divine . ADDISON . 1672-1719 . Epistles of Horace . The history of literature presents few nobler and more symmet- rical characters than that of Joseph Addison . He ...
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... verse ; but most readers prefer his shorter poems , such as Ode on Immortality , Ode to Duty , Tintern Abber Lucy , We are Seven , etc. EXTRACTS . I. The child is father of the man , And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by ...
... verse ; but most readers prefer his shorter poems , such as Ode on Immortality , Ode to Duty , Tintern Abber Lucy , We are Seven , etc. EXTRACTS . I. The child is father of the man , And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by ...
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