Seventeenth-century English Poetry: Modern Essays in CriticismWilliam R. Keast Oxford University Press, 1962 - 434 pages |
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... heart of a woman . And this is what the metaphysicals are often doing in their unwearied play with conceits , delightfully naughty , extravagant , fantastic , frigid - they suc- ceed in stumbling upon some conceit which reveals a fresh ...
... heart of a woman . And this is what the metaphysicals are often doing in their unwearied play with conceits , delightfully naughty , extravagant , fantastic , frigid - they suc- ceed in stumbling upon some conceit which reveals a fresh ...
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... heart ( 2 Cor . iii . 3 ) . Herbert's conceptions that the broken and purged heart is the proper basis for the sacrifice of praise and that even stones may participate in and continue that praise were firmly biblical . In his psalm of ...
... heart ( 2 Cor . iii . 3 ) . Herbert's conceptions that the broken and purged heart is the proper basis for the sacrifice of praise and that even stones may participate in and continue that praise were firmly biblical . In his psalm of ...
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... heart , Herbert naturally employed with great freedom the phrases and rhythms of actual speech . The remarkable thing is that he managed to combine these colloquial rhythms with such elegant stanza - forms and rhyme - schemes . His ...
... heart , Herbert naturally employed with great freedom the phrases and rhythms of actual speech . The remarkable thing is that he managed to combine these colloquial rhythms with such elegant stanza - forms and rhyme - schemes . His ...
Contents
H J C GRIERSON Metaphysical Poetry 3 | 22 |
F R LEAVIS The Line of Wit | 31 |
HELEN GARDNER The Metaphysical Poets | 50 |
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