The Writing and Reading of VerseD. Appleton, 1918 - 327 pages |
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... ( Keats : Endymion . ) ( Ibid . ) Keên , crúel , pérceant , stínging , shé as well . And tén lôw wórds ôft creep in óne dûll líne . ( Pope : Essay on Criticism . ) O'er bóg or steép , through straft , rough dénse , or ráre , With head ...
... ( Keats : Endymion . ) ( Ibid . ) Keên , crúel , pérceant , stínging , shé as well . And tén lôw wórds ôft creep in óne dûll líne . ( Pope : Essay on Criticism . ) O'er bóg or steép , through straft , rough dénse , or ráre , With head ...
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... ( Keats : When I have fears . ) This slowing up of the line may also give a sense of ob- struction and difficulty , as in , When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw The line too , labors and the words move slow ( Pope : Essay on ...
... ( Keats : When I have fears . ) This slowing up of the line may also give a sense of ob- struction and difficulty , as in , When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw The line too , labors and the words move slow ( Pope : Essay on ...
Page 87
... Keats's Endymion it has become an ornament only apparent to an ear very sensitive to rime . Many persons are quite familiar with Browning's My Last Duchess without realizing that it is written in rimed couplets : That is my last Duchess ...
... Keats's Endymion it has become an ornament only apparent to an ear very sensitive to rime . Many persons are quite familiar with Browning's My Last Duchess without realizing that it is written in rimed couplets : That is my last Duchess ...
Page 89
... Keats are admirable examples . The Ode on a Grecian Urn has for its rime scheme , ababcdedce : O Attic shape ! fair attitude ! with brede Of marble men and maidens overwrought , With forest branches and the trodden weed ; Thou silent ...
... Keats are admirable examples . The Ode on a Grecian Urn has for its rime scheme , ababcdedce : O Attic shape ! fair attitude ! with brede Of marble men and maidens overwrought , With forest branches and the trodden weed ; Thou silent ...
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... line with far - fetched si.niles and allusions to satisfy the exigencies of rime . Better a false rime than a padded verse . The early work of Keats shows that at first , even he felt the restraint 92 THE WRITING AND READING OF VERSE.
... line with far - fetched si.niles and allusions to satisfy the exigencies of rime . Better a false rime than a padded verse . The early work of Keats shows that at first , even he felt the restraint 92 THE WRITING AND READING OF VERSE.
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