English Dramatic Theories, 1. köideM. Niemeyer, 1973 |
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... verse , or the measure of verse kept exactly without rhyme . These num- bers therefore are fittest for a play ; the others for a paper of verses , or a poem ; blank verse being as much below them , as rhyme is improper for the Drama ...
... verse , or the measure of verse kept exactly without rhyme . These num- bers therefore are fittest for a play ; the others for a paper of verses , or a poem ; blank verse being as much below them , as rhyme is improper for the Drama ...
Page 118
... verse , but not more naturally . Neither is i able to evince that ; for he who wants judgment to confine hi fancy in blank verse , may want it as much in rhyme : an he who has it will avoid errors in both kinds . Latin verse wa as great ...
... verse , but not more naturally . Neither is i able to evince that ; for he who wants judgment to confine hi fancy in blank verse , may want it as much in rhyme : an he who has it will avoid errors in both kinds . Latin verse wa as great ...
Page 120
... verse may be made for the sake of another , though both the words and rhyme be apt , I answer , it cannot possibly ... verse . A good poet never conclude upon the first line , till he has sought out such a rhyme as maj fit the sense ...
... verse may be made for the sake of another , though both the words and rhyme be apt , I answer , it cannot possibly ... verse . A good poet never conclude upon the first line , till he has sought out such a rhyme as maj fit the sense ...
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