John Dryden, a Study of His PoetryH. Holt, 1946 - 298 pages |
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Page 75
... Alliteration seems to have been instinctive with him , as indeed it is with most rapid and powerful English writers . It played an integral part in his versification , assisting both sense and sound . Scarcely ten con- secutive lines ...
... Alliteration seems to have been instinctive with him , as indeed it is with most rapid and powerful English writers . It played an integral part in his versification , assisting both sense and sound . Scarcely ten con- secutive lines ...
Page 198
... Alliteration helps to preserve an equable flow , while varied vowels heighten the murmur . And the monosyllables now have their revenge ; for fifty - nine words of the sixty - eight are mono- syllables . The next Pindaric ode of ...
... Alliteration helps to preserve an equable flow , while varied vowels heighten the murmur . And the monosyllables now have their revenge ; for fifty - nine words of the sixty - eight are mono- syllables . The next Pindaric ode of ...
Page 283
... alliteration , 75-76 , 148 , 170 antithesis , 48 , 148 , 263 blank verse , 90-91 conceits , 18-19 , 21 , 22 , 114 end - stop , 69 enjambement , 23 , 88 , 113 , 171 , 190 , 213 fancy , 5-6 , 25-26 , 31-36 , 41 ; and judgment , 17-18 , 25 ...
... alliteration , 75-76 , 148 , 170 antithesis , 48 , 148 , 263 blank verse , 90-91 conceits , 18-19 , 21 , 22 , 114 end - stop , 69 enjambement , 23 , 88 , 113 , 171 , 190 , 213 fancy , 5-6 , 25-26 , 31-36 , 41 ; and judgment , 17-18 , 25 ...
Contents
THE MAKING OF THE POET Page | 1 |
FALSE LIGHTS | 30 |
THE TRUE FIRE | 67 |
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