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A Study Of Urizen Symbols In Some Of William Blake's Poems, Glen Ivan Wilsey
A Study Of Urizen Symbols In Some Of William Blake's Poems, Glen Ivan Wilsey
Graduate Student Research Papers
It was the purpose of this study (1) to present a simplified background of Blake's philosophy and values and a clear concept of what Urizen is and (2) to show Blake's use of Urizenic symbols in presenting his views of the world in which he lived.
The Poetry Of Matthew Arnold: A Study In Versification, Douglas A. Mathewson
The Poetry Of Matthew Arnold: A Study In Versification, Douglas A. Mathewson
Theses and Dissertations
Despite the great number of published works that deal with English prosody or the more restricted subject of versification, there is a noticeable scarcity of studies that describe the practices of individual poets. One of the more apparent reasons for the meager number of versification studies is the instability of the basic criteria by which a poem is examined. Prosodists quite simply find it difficult to establish concrete principles of scansion that are acceptable to all other prosodists. Without going into discussion of the various schools of thought on metrical structure, suffice it to say that there are conflicting opinions …
Songs Of Innocence Versus Songs Of Experience: A Study Of William Blake, Rose Ray
Songs Of Innocence Versus Songs Of Experience: A Study Of William Blake, Rose Ray
Honors Theses
The purpose of this project is to compare and/or contrast the poems in the Songs of Innocence with those of like title or subject matter in Songs of Experience, using Blake's life and philosophies as a background to provide details which will give more meaning to the poems themselves.