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Page 76
... employ'd on Birds and Beasts alone " ( 374 ) . In the vision and prophecy of Father Thames ( 355-423 ) , Pope employs the straightforward multipli- cation of predicates and clauses in open , suspended lines characteristic of a rapt ...
... employ'd on Birds and Beasts alone " ( 374 ) . In the vision and prophecy of Father Thames ( 355-423 ) , Pope employs the straightforward multipli- cation of predicates and clauses in open , suspended lines characteristic of a rapt ...
Page 161
... employ , " comes out sharply ; but the second couplet employs natural order with a run - on line , and the sharpness of the structural opposition is smoothed out and muted . The last couplet with its question Epistle to Burlington 161.
... employ , " comes out sharply ; but the second couplet employs natural order with a run - on line , and the sharpness of the structural opposition is smoothed out and muted . The last couplet with its question Epistle to Burlington 161.
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... employs much more balance than he actually does . Pope , in fact , employs Tillotson's Euclidean " elements " throughout his career , but the frequency varies . In almost every poem , Pope varies , contrasts , and often controls his ...
... employs much more balance than he actually does . Pope , in fact , employs Tillotson's Euclidean " elements " throughout his career , but the frequency varies . In almost every poem , Pope varies , contrasts , and often controls his ...
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Introduction | 1 |
The Pastorals 1709 | 17 |
An Essay on Criticism 1711 | 45 |
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achieve Aeneid Alexander Pope antith antithetic Audra and Williams balance and parallelism balanced antithesis balanced line beauty Belinda caesura chiasmus chiastic climax closed couplets complex contrast couplet norm couplet structure couplet style create Dialogue diction dominant Dulness dunces Dunciad earlier early poems effect Eloisa to Abelard emotional emphasizes end-stopped Epilogue Epistle to Burlington Epistle to Dr Essay on Criticism ev'ry expresses eyes Friend Goddess grace hemistich inversion irony last couplet last line line structure literary Lock lover meaning mock epic Nature norm couplets norm Pope nouns nymph paragraph passage passion Pastorals pattern plet poem's poet poetic poetry Pope employs Pope's couplet Pope's rhymes Rape reader rhetorical rhyme words rhythm run-on line satire Satirist scene second couplet second line sense sentence shepherds simple sound stylistic suggest Sylphs syntax theme things Tillotson tion Twick varied verb verse whole Windsor-Forest witty zeugma