No pathetic fallacy here, nature remains impervious to human crises. |
The disrepute of the pathetic fallacy has come from making the forest sentimental. |
Of late he had a deeper understanding of pathetic fallacy as Ruskin had called it. |
Wordsworth in particular used the pathetic fallacy with great seriousness, not as a decorative device, but its use declined after Ruskin's formulation. |
This elegy is notable for its use of pathetic fallacy in attributing grief to nature. |
Of course, thinking that the daffodils were actually extending a welcome to me is a pathetic fallacy. |