Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Social Science and Technology Education

On the Aesthetic Value of A Psalm of Life

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Fan YuXia
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Fan YuXia
Available Online April 2015.
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10.2991/icsste-15.2015.146How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Rhetorical devices,Aesthetic value , Rhythm and rhyme:
Abstract

A Psalm of Life by American romantic poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is a lyric created for deep reflection. It reveals the optimistic theme - time is fleeting, act in the living present. The poem appeals to the readers' eyes, ears, minds and emotions and shows the poet's richly endowed talents for both aesthetics and language manipulation as well. This article give the brief analysis of the poem, represent the rhetorical devices in the poem and gives the aesthetic value of he rhythm and rhyme.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Social Science and Technology Education
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
April 2015
ISBN
10.2991/icsste-15.2015.146
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2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/icsste-15.2015.146How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2015, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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