Specimens of the Later English Poets: With Preliminary Notices, Том 1"These volumes are intended to accompany Mr. Ellis's ... Specimens of the early English poets. That series concludes with reign of Charles II, this begins with that of James his successor."-- Preface. |
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Most of the poems before his time were composed in short lines , as , I believe it
will be found that , the early poems of every country are , because they were
designed for recitation ; short lines were preferred , because they facilitated ...
Most of the poems before his time were composed in short lines , as , I believe it
will be found that , the early poems of every country are , because they were
designed for recitation ; short lines were preferred , because they facilitated ...
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his best poems are composed , has become our most usual measure ; and even
when rhyme is disused , that length of line which he considered as best adapted
for narrative , is still preferred for it . Petrarca , Dante , and Chaucer , are the only
...
his best poems are composed , has become our most usual measure ; and even
when rhyme is disused , that length of line which he considered as best adapted
for narrative , is still preferred for it . Petrarca , Dante , and Chaucer , are the only
...
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He assigns as a reason , that all long words have a syllable in them so very long ,
that the length thereof eats up the other syllables in the same word which should
be long by position , and so spoils the flowing of the line . Solomon the Second ...
He assigns as a reason , that all long words have a syllable in them so very long ,
that the length thereof eats up the other syllables in the same word which should
be long by position , and so spoils the flowing of the line . Solomon the Second ...
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The ten syllable couplet was now generally , rejected in narrative . Stanzas were
either adopted in its place , as by Daniel ; by Drayton in his Barons ' Wars , and
by Spenser , the great master of English versification ; the long ballad line of ...
The ten syllable couplet was now generally , rejected in narrative . Stanzas were
either adopted in its place , as by Daniel ; by Drayton in his Barons ' Wars , and
by Spenser , the great master of English versification ; the long ballad line of ...
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ballad line of fourteen syllables , as by Warner and by most of the translators ; or ,
the Alexandrine , as in the Polyolbion . Chalkhill ' Fragment , and the Odyssey of
Chapman , are the only instances of the common measure which I recollect .
ballad line of fourteen syllables , as by Warner and by most of the translators ; or ,
the Alexandrine , as in the Polyolbion . Chalkhill ' Fragment , and the Odyssey of
Chapman , are the only instances of the common measure which I recollect .
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| Наслов | Specimens of the Later English Poets: With Preliminary Notices, Том 1 Specimens of the Later English Poets: With Preliminary Notices, Robert Southey |
| Аутор | Robert Southey |
| Уредник | Robert Southey |
| Издавач | Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1807 |
| Оригинал из | Јавна библиотека града Њујорка |
| Дигитализовано | 29 нов. 2006 |
| Дужина | 449 страница |
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