... . But much more positive is the rediscovery of myth and legend which allowed Yeats and other writers to bring such figures as Cuchulain and Finn McCoull into their works as symbols and expressions of Irishness past and present. Many poets contributed to the Irish Renaissance, although Yeats rapidly left them behind. W.B. YEATS Like Thomas Hardy, W.B. Yeats is a poet whose poetry stretches ... psychological condition which was not readily definable and certainly not easily definable within conventional poetic resources. For these purposes the limits of expression in rhythm, the use of ima...

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... poet, though close to realisation of his condition, is not fully stripped of the illusion of hope. ( 89) As readers can realise, this part, as every part, is full of symbols and these images are part of a universal symbolic vocabulary, as every image of Eliots poetry. The corridor, the rose garden itself, the boksz circle, the pool, the lotus are iconographic ... images and they form an extremely complex meaning. They are not only symbols, "but symbols that are meant to imply a certain frame of interpretation outside the poem" ( Thompson 99). As I mentioned earlier, ruins are so promine...

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... us be true to one another!" The revival that he predicts is not one of literature in general but is confined to poetry. For, to Hulme, prose is a system of symbols used in varying combinations to create different outcomes. It is essentially linguistic or mathematical. Poetry, however, is not about order and results. The focus of poetry is to make concrete ... ...

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... are addressed are usually praised in hyperbolic terms. The imagery of sun, time and cosmic forces is used by Donne to elevate love by depreciating their value. Donne carefully chooses symbols which will celebrate the richness and value of the s love. Contemporary references to "Indias of spice and highlight wealth and exotic qualities, and "those introduces the regal imagery to follow ... ...

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... as though it has refinement, "By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it worse. . ."" giving the bird human characteristics. The raven can be looked at as a variety of symbols. The most important thing in this story is to remember that the raven symbolizes the finality and reality of death. The raven arrives to remind the narrator that Lenore's death ... ...

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