To one who listens with the sensual ear alone the art of Holst seems in these poems somewhat to have overreached itself.
Throughout the first two stanzas, the speaker addresses the urn as a single object, taking note of its silence at several points as he discusses unheard melodies and tunes heard not by the sensual ear (line 13).
Within "Ode on a Grecian Urn", an example of this pattern can be found in line 13 ("Not to the sensual ear, but, more endear'd") where the "e" of "sensual" connects with the "e" of "endear'd" and the "ea" of "ear" connects with the "ea" of "endear'd".
This is quite sensual as ear is one of women erogenous zone.
These players have the feel for Turina's gorgeous colors and sensual phrases, but the ear labored unreasonably hard to penetrate the Miami's murky ensemble playing.
The music that flooded my ears was sensual, ominous, and infinitely protracted, oceanic.
When Mr. Fitzgerald departs from the book, with his Narrator interrupting Molly's monologue with biblical phrases, he alternates the sacred with the sensual (and to some ears, the obscene).
The analytical urge, however, can't obliterate the mimetic power of Roth's writing — his ear for dialogue, his detailed urban evocations, or the sensual fury with which he describes his incestuous trysts.
** The analytical urge, however, can't obliterate the mimetic power of Roth's writing — his ear for dialogue, his detailed urban evocations, or the sensual fury with which he describes his incestuous trysts.
Bloomfield's style is about robust flavors and a sneakily sensual combination of textures, whether it's a salad of pig's ears fried in duck fat with a bracing lemon-caper dressing or one of carrots roasted in spice paste and tossed with creamy avocados and tart oranges.
However, in ancient Chinese thought, eyes, ears, and the other sensory organs are primarily associated with sensual desires (e.g., lovely sights, beautiful music, fine foods, etc).. Physical desires are never treated as intrinsically problematic.
