The Pleasure of Poetry: Reading and Enjoying British Poetry from Donne to Burns
Praeger Publishers, 2006 - 267 Seiten
From Donne and Jonson, to Pope, Swift, and Burns, the book offers excerpts of the poetry these artists crafted, and carefully examines the various attributes that have helped to establish them as some of the greatest of all time. Writing in clear, accessible language, Nelson also introduces general poetry terms to the novice, providing examples and explanations where necessary. Readers will no longer feel intimidated by difficult poetry. Instead, they will walk away with the tools they need to read, understand, and appreciate these titans of British letters.
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At the beginning of Book 3 the narrator again invokes the “ Holy Light ” of the “ Heav'nly Muse ” to celebrate , in a sense , his own escape from Hell to the regions nearer the light of God , mourning his limitation as a blind bard ...
O first created Beam , and thou great Word , “ Let there be light , and light was over all ” ; Why am I thus bereav'd thy prime decree ? ( 80-85 ) Samson has lost all hope , not only physically but also spiritually .
And as those nightly tapers disappear , When day's bright lord ascends our hemisphere ; So pale grows reason at religion's sight ; So dies , and so dissolves in supernatural light . candles ( 1-11 ) Human reason is compared to the ...
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