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What is the meaning of “pole to pole” here?
In the poem Invictus by William Ernest Henley (Youtube) I failed to grasp the meaning of the line "black as the pit from pole to pole":
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from ...
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What is the difference between a “stanza” and a “verse”, as applied to English literature?
What is the difference between 'stanza' and 'verse' in English Literature (Poetry)? I've read one of my classmate's essays and the word 'verse' cropped up - I thought that the word 'verse' was usually ...
