A guide to English literature. 3. From Donne to MarvellBoris Ford Penguin Books, 1956 |
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Page 49
... tone of speech that at once strike us : Busie old foole , unruly Sunre Why dost thou thus , Through windowes , and through curtaines call on us ? Must to thy motions lovers seasons run ? Sawcy pedantique wretch , goe chide Late schoole ...
... tone of speech that at once strike us : Busie old foole , unruly Sunre Why dost thou thus , Through windowes , and through curtaines call on us ? Must to thy motions lovers seasons run ? Sawcy pedantique wretch , goe chide Late schoole ...
Page 102
... tone in a few lines of the same poem : Lovers infinitenesse , for example , begins on a note of simple tenderness , passes through a bewildering series of doubts and suspicions , worked out in riddling casuistry , and returns at the end ...
... tone in a few lines of the same poem : Lovers infinitenesse , for example , begins on a note of simple tenderness , passes through a bewildering series of doubts and suspicions , worked out in riddling casuistry , and returns at the end ...
Page 172
... tone is Lovelace's own contribution , and owes nothing directly to others . But this sometimes lapses badly ; the vital elements of irony and humour fall into abeyance and exaggeration effects get out of control . I think that this is ...
... tone is Lovelace's own contribution , and owes nothing directly to others . But this sometimes lapses badly ; the vital elements of irony and humour fall into abeyance and exaggeration effects get out of control . I think that this is ...
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