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Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 17   AIL 1640 short lesson, about 20 seconds

What Is Worth Holding

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The idea

That the poems argue, that the figures are strained on purpose, that the diction shifted, that the syntax inverts, and that religious language was ordinary. Five facts, each of which changes how a first sentence is read, which is the test entry 1502 set.

In practice

Five facts, each changing a first reading.

Where people slip

They meet entry 1502's test.

Your place on the trail

Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.

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