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... opposition of ideas wit passed into verse as oppositions of structure . * Thus , according to Wallerstein and Williamson , the couplet's capacity for pointed balance was developed and accelerated by Dryden and climaxed by Pope . In ...
... opposition of ideas wit passed into verse as oppositions of structure . * Thus , according to Wallerstein and Williamson , the couplet's capacity for pointed balance was developed and accelerated by Dryden and climaxed by Pope . In ...
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... oppositions within the couplet dominates the balance that follows . The ambiguous penultimate cou- plet seems to contradict the preceding one , but it is " excelling well " that stands out , not teaching and censur- ing ; and in the ...
... oppositions within the couplet dominates the balance that follows . The ambiguous penultimate cou- plet seems to contradict the preceding one , but it is " excelling well " that stands out , not teaching and censur- ing ; and in the ...
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... opposition sharp and clear . But these oppositions are always related and attracted to each other ( like man and wife ) ... oppositions seem to be , wit and judgment , poet and critic , are manifestations of the same creative power . The ...
... opposition sharp and clear . But these oppositions are always related and attracted to each other ( like man and wife ) ... oppositions seem to be , wit and judgment , poet and critic , are manifestations of the same creative power . The ...
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Introduction | 1 |
The Pastorals 1709 | 17 |
An Essay on Criticism 1711 | 45 |
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