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... Childe Harold - this changes the autobiographical character of the poem even less than in the first cantos . Byron's purpose in re - introducing the fictitious hero is partly the initial one of ' giving some connexion to the piece ...
... Childe Harold - this changes the autobiographical character of the poem even less than in the first cantos . Byron's purpose in re - introducing the fictitious hero is partly the initial one of ' giving some connexion to the piece ...
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... Childe Roland , was not fully nor even well understood . Like Ulysses it is a poem of perplexity and half realised torment ; its creative im- pulse is towards spiritual regeneration and order , and Browning like Tennyson uses the quest ...
... Childe Roland , was not fully nor even well understood . Like Ulysses it is a poem of perplexity and half realised torment ; its creative im- pulse is towards spiritual regeneration and order , and Browning like Tennyson uses the quest ...
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... Childe Roland above all in the light of its obvious moral issue , as stated in stanzas iv , vii , xxxiii and xxxiv , and to trace this issue to Browning's public failure as a poet over many years . But this issue is pervasive in ...
... Childe Roland above all in the light of its obvious moral issue , as stated in stanzas iv , vii , xxxiii and xxxiv , and to trace this issue to Browning's public failure as a poet over many years . But this issue is pervasive in ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 9 |
The Traditional Metaphor | 15 |
The Metaphor | 75 |
Copyright | |
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actual Aeneid allegory ancient appears Arnold aspect beauty becomes beginning Book Byron Canto character Childe claim close concerned contrast course critics death deep early elements emerges emotional episode exile existence experience exploration eyes fact fate feeling felt figure final force freedom function hand heart hero Homeric human idea imagination important impulses interesting Italy journey kind land landscape later light lines living Mariner Mariner's meaning metaphor mind moral move myth nature object observe Odysseus once passage pattern peace poem poet poet's poetic poetry present quest relation religious represents ritual scene Scholar seems seen sense significant society soul spiritual stands stanzas story structure suggests symbolic takes things thou thought traditional tree true truth turn Ulysses vision voyage wanderer Wordsworth