Poetry Explained for the Use of Young PeopleJ. Johnson, 72, St. Paul's Churchyard., 1802 - 115 էջ |
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... verse ; and that verse differs from prose by being divided into lines , each of which contains a certain number of syllables . Heroic metre , which is the most usual kind , con- sists of lines of ten syllables . Pope's and Milton's ...
... verse ; and that verse differs from prose by being divided into lines , each of which contains a certain number of syllables . Heroic metre , which is the most usual kind , con- sists of lines of ten syllables . Pope's and Milton's ...
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... verse ; and the under- standing will know that the sense is conveyed in words different from those used in history ... verses are not written in lines of ten syllables ; some are written in eight , and some few in twelve ; indeed we meet ...
... verse ; and the under- standing will know that the sense is conveyed in words different from those used in history ... verses are not written in lines of ten syllables ; some are written in eight , and some few in twelve ; indeed we meet ...
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... verses do not relate to it , but to the stanza preceding it . Had the place of the 10th and 11th stanzas been changed , the sense would be clearer . Gray seems to affect obscurity in many of his poems . XII . " Perhaps in this neglected ...
... verses do not relate to it , but to the stanza preceding it . Had the place of the 10th and 11th stanzas been changed , the sense would be clearer . Gray seems to affect obscurity in many of his poems . XII . " Perhaps in this neglected ...
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... verses , which are usually put upon the monuments of the rich and great . Sometimes , he says , the tombs of the poor are inscribed with texts of Scripture , to teach those who read them , the necessity of death , and the hopes of ...
... verses , which are usually put upon the monuments of the rich and great . Sometimes , he says , the tombs of the poor are inscribed with texts of Scripture , to teach those who read them , the necessity of death , and the hopes of ...
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... verse , Such as the meeting soul may pierce , In notes with many a winding bout , Of linked : sweetness long drawn out , With wanton heed and giddy cunning , The melting voice through mazes running , Untwisting all the chains that tie ...
... verse , Such as the meeting soul may pierce , In notes with many a winding bout , Of linked : sweetness long drawn out , With wanton heed and giddy cunning , The melting voice through mazes running , Untwisting all the chains that tie ...
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