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Positive As Sound

Emily Dickinson's Rhyme

By: Judy Jo Small

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Positive As Sound

Emily Dickinson's Rhyme

By: Judy Jo Small

The strange rhymes of Emily Dickinson's verse have offended some readers, attracted others, and proved a stumbling block for critics. In the first thorough analysis of the poet's rhyming practices, Judy Jo Small goes beyond simple classification and enumeration to reveal the aesthetic and semantic value of Dickinson's rhymes and show how they help shape the meaning of her lyrics. Considering Dickinson's rhyming technique in light of its historical context, Small argues that the poet's radical innovations were both an outgrowth of nineteenth-century aesthetics ideas about the music of poetry and a reaction against conventional constraints—not the least of which was the image of the female poet as a songbird pouring forth her soul's joys and sorrows in lyrical melody. Unlike other scholars, Small attaches special importance to Dickinson's own musical background. Revealing Dickinson's auditory imagination as a primary source of her poetic power, Small shows that sound is an important subject in the verse and that the phonetic texture contributes to the meaning. By looking closely at individual poems, Small demonstrates that Dickinson's deviations from "normal" rhyme schemes play a significant part in her artistic design: her modulations and dislocations of rhyme serve to structure the poems and contribute to their dynamic shifts of mood and meaning. Analyzing Dickinson's more daring experiments, Small shows how the poet achieved uncanny effects with fluctuating partial rhymes in some poems and with homonymic puns in others. It is in the interplay between the musical and the written aspects of Dickinson's language, Small contends, that her poetry comes alive. Small takes particular note of the use of rhyme at the ends of poems, illustrating Dickinson's brilliant effects in closing some poems decisively and in leaving others tantalizingly open-ended. Teaching us how to listen to Dickinson's poems and not simply to scrutinize them on paper,Positive as Soundis an innovative, lucidly written book that contributes not only to Dickinson scholarship but also to the general study of poetics.

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University of Georgia Press

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0820334642

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9780820334646

God Things Come in Small Packages for Friends

Exploring the Freedom of Friendship

By: Susan Duke,LeAnn Weiss,Judy Carden

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Exploring the Freedom of Friendship

By: Susan Duke,LeAnn Weiss,Judy Carden

For Friends explores the freedom of friendship.

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134

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Starburst Publishers

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1892016346

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9781892016348

Fabulous Folk Art Gifts for Under $20.00

By: Judy Allen,Deborah Kneen

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Fabulous Folk Art Gifts for Under $20.00

By: Judy Allen,Deborah Kneen

Choose from over 40 fabulous folk art gifts ranging from pens to picture frames, all under $20. China, plastic, leather, fabric, glass, and a host of unusual materials are used. 96 pages (12 in color), 71 b/w illus., 7 3/8 x 10 1/4.

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Sally Milner Publishing

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1863511695

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9781863511698

Her Lifelong Dream

By: Judy Kouzel

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Her Lifelong Dream

By: Judy Kouzel

Leedy Collins, a restaurant manager, has a dream of one day opening her own restaurant. The only thing missing is the bank loan. Sparks fly when an attractive loan officer, Terry Foster, declines her application.

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198

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Montlake Romance

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0803496338

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9780803496330

The WINNERS! Handbook

A Closer Look at Judy Freeman's Top-Rated Children's Books of 2005

By: Judy Freeman

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The WINNERS! Handbook

A Closer Look at Judy Freeman's Top-Rated Children's Books of 2005

By: Judy Freeman

Freeman has developed a comprehensive handbook with thoroughly annotated lists of the 2005's best childrens books, lesson plans, teachers guides, stories, songs, and Internet resources. It includes an index.

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264

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Libraries Unlimited

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1591583896

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9781591583899

Needlepoint Gifts for All Seasons

By: Judy Clayton,Deborah Dow

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Needlepoint Gifts for All Seasons

By: Judy Clayton,Deborah Dow

From springtime florals to Christmas greetings, delight in this seasonal treasury of needlepoint cards and keepsakes. These 55 projects offer the perfect choice of gifts to stitch for every occasion--a duck egg cozy, summer garden scenes, an oak leaf door plaque, and a snow and sheep picture, just to name a few. Most of the designs are small in size and worked in simple tent stitch with stranded threads. With detailed charts and glorious color photos, this is the perfect introduction to needlepoint for the beginner. 128 pages (94 in color), 12 b/w illus., 7 x 10 1/4.

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0715303171

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9780715303177

All Around the World

By: Judy Donnelly

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All Around the World

By: Judy Donnelly

A collection of facts about geography.

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0448401371

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9780448401379

Book's by Judy Jo Small

Positive As Sound

Positive As Sound

God Things Come in Small Packages for Friends

God Things Come in Small Packages for Friends

Fabulous Folk Art Gifts for Under $20.00

Fabulous Folk Art Gifts for Under $20.00

Her Lifelong Dream

Her Lifelong Dream

The WINNERS! Handbook

The WINNERS! Handbook

Needlepoint Gifts for All Seasons

Needlepoint Gifts for All Seasons

All Around the World

All Around the World

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