Milton Criticism: Selections from Four CenturiesJames Thorpe Octagon Books, 1966 - 376 pages |
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... verse unmingled with another , as a distinct system of sounds ; and this distinctness is obtained and preserved by the artifice of rhyme . The variety of pauses , so much boasted by the lovers of blank verse , changes the measures of an ...
... verse unmingled with another , as a distinct system of sounds ; and this distinctness is obtained and preserved by the artifice of rhyme . The variety of pauses , so much boasted by the lovers of blank verse , changes the measures of an ...
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... verse better suited the needs of drama . As no one , before Milton , had maintained in argument that blank verse was the best English measure for narrative poetry dealing with lofty themes , so no critic had ever been at the pains to ...
... verse better suited the needs of drama . As no one , before Milton , had maintained in argument that blank verse was the best English measure for narrative poetry dealing with lofty themes , so no critic had ever been at the pains to ...
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... verse , and made of it a worthy epic metre . In a long poem variety is indispensable , and he preserved the utmost freedom in some respects . He continually varies the stresses in the line , their number , their weight , and their in ...
... verse , and made of it a worthy epic metre . In a long poem variety is indispensable , and he preserved the utmost freedom in some respects . He continually varies the stresses in the line , their number , their weight , and their in ...
Contents
Preface | 3 |
Joseph Addison six Spectator PAPERS ON Paradise Lost | 23 |
Jonathan Richardson EXPLANATORY NOTES AND REMARKS | 54 |
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