Understanding Poetry: An Anthology for College Students

A. E. HOUSMAN alliteration anapaest assonance attitude beauty BEN JONSON bird breath comparison contrast dark dead death doth dramatic dream dust earth effect emphasis EXERCISE eyes fact factors fair feel flowers foot give Glossary hand hath hear heart heaven iambic iambic pentameter idea imagery images instance JOHN KEATS JOHN MILTON Johnie Armstrong Keats land last stanza leaves light live look Lord lovers meaning merely meter metrical metrical variation mind moon never night nightingale o'er onomatopoeia pattern pause PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY Pioneers poem poet poet's poetic poetry prose reader relation rhythm rime ROBERT HERRICK rose second stanza sense ship silent sing sleep song soul sound spirit springs stanza form stars statement sweet tears thee theme thine things thou art thought tone tree Ulalume verse voice weep WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE wind word ΙΟ