Irony as a principle of structure

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1. Irony as a Principle of Structure Cleanth Brooks

2. What constitutes meaning? Allen Tate I.A.Rihards Cleanth Brooks Empson Wimsatt And Beardsley

3. PLANT ANALOGY - ORGANIC QUALITY OF POETRY

4. pressures of context compares poetry to drama Beginning, Middle and End.

5. METAPHOR VS IRONY leads us to ideas in an indirect manner taking a risk by not saying things directly.

6. King Lear Example “Ripeness is all”. “Never” “This is a fine state of affairs!”

7. “ Dover Beach” Example Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress” Gray’s “Elegy”. Why should we use Irony?

8. Types of Irony tragic irony, self-irony , playful , arch , mocking or gentle irony, etc .