John Dryden, a Study of His PoetryH. Holt, 1946 - 298 pages |
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Page 192
... Pindaric narrative . Dryden's habit of dilating his heroic verse with Alexan- drines not only grew upon him so that he indulged in flourishes when flourishes were not required , but it became contagious . Poetasters like John Hughes who ...
... Pindaric narrative . Dryden's habit of dilating his heroic verse with Alexan- drines not only grew upon him so that he indulged in flourishes when flourishes were not required , but it became contagious . Poetasters like John Hughes who ...
Page 194
... Pindaric Odes was a version of Isaiah xxxiv . “ The manner of the Prophets ' writing , " he observed in a note ... Pindaric writers seemed ignorant of the strophe , antistrophe , and epode , and that their work seemed rather on the order ...
... Pindaric Odes was a version of Isaiah xxxiv . “ The manner of the Prophets ' writing , " he observed in a note ... Pindaric writers seemed ignorant of the strophe , antistrophe , and epode , and that their work seemed rather on the order ...
Page 197
... Pindaric verse . . . . I have taken some pains to make it my master - piece in English : for which reason I took this kind of verse , which allows more latitude than any other . " The combination of Horatian felicity with Pindaric ...
... Pindaric verse . . . . I have taken some pains to make it my master - piece in English : for which reason I took this kind of verse , which allows more latitude than any other . " The combination of Horatian felicity with Pindaric ...
Contents
THE MAKING OF THE POET Page | 1 |
FALSE LIGHTS | 30 |
THE TRUE FIRE | 67 |
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