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Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 19   AIL 1829 short lesson, about 20 seconds

Reading a War Poem

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The idea

Unit four's question applies unchanged: what attitude does the handling take. A poem describing horror in flat language is not indifferent, and answering from the subject rather than the manner is the trap the whole tone unit was built against.

In practice

The manner, not the subject.

Where people slip

Unit four's first trap.

Your place on the trail

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

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