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... balance and parallelism developed by seventeenth - century couplet poets . In a basic study Ruth Wallerstein has shown how the line structure of the couplet moved from an unre- lated or accidental balance between meter and sense in the ...
... balance and parallelism developed by seventeenth - century couplet poets . In a basic study Ruth Wallerstein has shown how the line structure of the couplet moved from an unre- lated or accidental balance between meter and sense in the ...
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... balance of the couplet , as everyone truly recognizes , is a touchstone of Pope's skill . Geoffrey Tillotson in On the Poetry of Pope has ably examined Pope's technique of balanced parallelism . Tillotson shows that Pope's use of balance ...
... balance of the couplet , as everyone truly recognizes , is a touchstone of Pope's skill . Geoffrey Tillotson in On the Poetry of Pope has ably examined Pope's technique of balanced parallelism . Tillotson shows that Pope's use of balance ...
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... balance with verse designs in which the move- ments and rhythms of the couplets are more fluid and wavelike than his typical balances . When Pope is most successful , the form of the whole poem and its stylistic design control ...
... balance with verse designs in which the move- ments and rhythms of the couplets are more fluid and wavelike than his typical balances . When Pope is most successful , the form of the whole poem and its stylistic design control ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Pastorals 1709 | 17 |
An Essay on Criticism 1711 | 45 |
Copyright | |
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