When we try to describe one person to another …, what do we say? Not usually how or what that person ate, rarely what he wore, only occasionally how he managed his job—no, what we tell is what he said and, if we are good mimics, how he said it. We apparently consider a person's spoken words the true essence of his being.
When we try to describe one person to another …, what do we say? Not usually how or what that person ate, rarely what he wore, only occasionally how … - Cleanth Brooks
When we try to describe one person to another …, what do we say? Not usually how or what that person ate, rarely what he wore, only occasionally how …
- Cleanth Brooks
Man's experience is indeed a seamless garment, no part of which can be separated from the rest. - Cleanth Brooks
Man's experience is indeed a seamless garment, no part of which can be separated from the rest.
The poet wants to ‘say’ something. Why, then, doesn’t he say it directly and fortrightly? Why is he willing to say it only through his metaphors? Thr… - Cleanth Brooks
The poet wants to ‘say’ something. Why, then, doesn’t he say it directly and fortrightly? Why is he willing to say it only through his metaphors? Thr…
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