A Milton HandbookAppleton-Century-Crofts, 1961 - 465 pages |
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Page 312
... verse paragraph " so often mentioned in discussions of Milton's poetry is as much a matter of rhetoric as it is of verse . It is because the sense is sus- pended through line after line , and because Milton takes pains to avoid ...
... verse paragraph " so often mentioned in discussions of Milton's poetry is as much a matter of rhetoric as it is of verse . It is because the sense is sus- pended through line after line , and because Milton takes pains to avoid ...
Page 319
... verse . Hail Son of God , || Saviour of Men , || thy Name ( 4 + 4 + 2 ) Regions of sorrow , || doleful shades ... Verse . much he may have thought in " verse paragraphs , STYLE AND VERSIFICATION 319.
... verse . Hail Son of God , || Saviour of Men , || thy Name ( 4 + 4 + 2 ) Regions of sorrow , || doleful shades ... Verse . much he may have thought in " verse paragraphs , STYLE AND VERSIFICATION 319.
Page 335
... verse and rhyme was one of long standing . Milton himself , in the foreword to Paradise Lost , had thrown out a challenge against the prevailing practice of the Restoration poets . But rhyme and regularity had already triumphed , and it ...
... verse and rhyme was one of long standing . Milton himself , in the foreword to Paradise Lost , had thrown out a challenge against the prevailing practice of the Restoration poets . But rhyme and regularity had already triumphed , and it ...
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