A History of English Literature: The Middle Ages and the Renascence (650-1660)Macmillan, 1964 - 1469 pages |
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... verse is simply the decasyllabic or heroic metre shorn of its rhymes . Of classical origin , it is learned verse , in no way popular . That Surrey was able immediately to give it almost all its distinctive characteristics is remarkable ...
... verse is simply the decasyllabic or heroic metre shorn of its rhymes . Of classical origin , it is learned verse , in no way popular . That Surrey was able immediately to give it almost all its distinctive characteristics is remarkable ...
Page 350
... verse and the comic expressed in prose . Clowns , and the definitely humorous characters allied to clowns , abstain from verse . This is exemplified in Romeo and Juliet , where the gossiping nurse is almost alone in her use of prose ...
... verse and the comic expressed in prose . Clowns , and the definitely humorous characters allied to clowns , abstain from verse . This is exemplified in Romeo and Juliet , where the gossiping nurse is almost alone in her use of prose ...
Page 351
... verse between himself and those he addressed . Even while he expresses his pessimism , he remains on his guard against emphasis . But the most surprising use of prose of all is Othello's , who passes from verse to prose at the most ...
... verse between himself and those he addressed . Even while he expresses his pessimism , he remains on his guard against emphasis . But the most surprising use of prose of all is Othello's , who passes from verse to prose at the most ...
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ANGLOSAXON LITERATURE 6501066 | 55 |
THE PREROMANTIC PERIOD 177098 | 98 |
BOOK III | 199 |
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