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Page 112
... inversion , but no more than in The Rape of the Lock , as one can tell from a quick scanning of the lines , but the inversions are more com- plex . For the most part , those of the preceding poem are the ordinary ones characteristic of ...
... inversion , but no more than in The Rape of the Lock , as one can tell from a quick scanning of the lines , but the inversions are more com- plex . For the most part , those of the preceding poem are the ordinary ones characteristic of ...
Page 126
... inversion in many couplets show his Ovidian heroine , taut and subtle , in her debate of sense and soul , suppressing and summarizing emotions that break the bounds of debate and dialectic in other types of couplets . The repetition of ...
... inversion in many couplets show his Ovidian heroine , taut and subtle , in her debate of sense and soul , suppressing and summarizing emotions that break the bounds of debate and dialectic in other types of couplets . The repetition of ...
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... inverted first foot of line 2 makes a sudden emphasis ; and the limping conclu- sion , " to be seen , " exhibits ... inversion , but we are hardly aware of the inverted prepositional phrases . Only inversions of subject - verb and of ...
... inverted first foot of line 2 makes a sudden emphasis ; and the limping conclu- sion , " to be seen , " exhibits ... inversion , but we are hardly aware of the inverted prepositional phrases . Only inversions of subject - verb and of ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Pastorals 1709 | 17 |
An Essay on Criticism 1711 | 45 |
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Abelard achieve active antithesis antithetic appear balance beauty beginning Belinda Book character characteristic closed complex contrast couplet norm create describes Dialogue direct dominant dunces Dunciad earlier effect Eloisa emotional emphasizes employs Epistle Essay on Criticism example expresses eyes fall final flowing four frequently Friend give grace half idea inversion ironic kind Kings later less Light literary Lock lover manner meaning movement Nature nouns object oppositions paragraph parallelism particular passage passion Pastorals pattern poem poet poetic poetry Pope Pope's Pope's couplet Rape reader reflects relation rhetorical rhyme run-on satire scene sense sentence shows similar simple slightly sound Spring structure style subordinate suggest syntax taste theme things tion true turns University varied verb verse vision whole Windsor-Forest writing