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Page 187
... style and diction come to be recognized as the most suitable for poems of the sort ; but in view of the course of English poetry in the eighteenth century , and of Words- worth's admiration for the star - like soul that dwelt apart ...
... style and diction come to be recognized as the most suitable for poems of the sort ; but in view of the course of English poetry in the eighteenth century , and of Words- worth's admiration for the star - like soul that dwelt apart ...
Page 237
... style of writing . The best evidence of such influence is that Thomson made blank verse the accepted vehicle for nature poetry , and even fastened upon that poetry his own turgid diction and contorted style . This was a particularly ...
... style of writing . The best evidence of such influence is that Thomson made blank verse the accepted vehicle for nature poetry , and even fastened upon that poetry his own turgid diction and contorted style . This was a particularly ...
Page 340
... style , " to " attain what belongs to the original , — a fluent narra- tive style , which shall carry the reader forward without the impedi- ment of unexpected inversions and capricious phrases . " 1 " 1 And he achieved these objects ...
... style , " to " attain what belongs to the original , — a fluent narra- tive style , which shall carry the reader forward without the impedi- ment of unexpected inversions and capricious phrases . " 1 " 1 And he achieved these objects ...
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MILTONS FAME IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 3 |
BLANK VERSE AND RIME | 44 |
PROSODY AND DICTION | 54 |
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