Studies in American LiteratureMacmillan, 1912 - 387 pages |
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... thought or emotion ex- pressed should be such as can well be condensed into this brief compass . The Sonnet also calls for a dis- tinct advance in the thought at the point where the eight - line group ends and the six - line group ...
... thought or emotion ex- pressed should be such as can well be condensed into this brief compass . The Sonnet also calls for a dis- tinct advance in the thought at the point where the eight - line group ends and the six - line group ...
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... thought it expresses , and the manner in which it treats that thought , into Epic , Lyric , and Dramatic . Epic verse is that which tells a story . This defini- Epic Verse . tion is too simple to be complete , but it gives the essential ...
... thought it expresses , and the manner in which it treats that thought , into Epic , Lyric , and Dramatic . Epic verse is that which tells a story . This defini- Epic Verse . tion is too simple to be complete , but it gives the essential ...
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... thought it is intensely lyrical , usually expressing serious reflections in view of sorrow or death . It is a marked characteristic of the poetry of the latter part of the eighteenth and the earlier part of the nineteenth centuries ...
... thought it is intensely lyrical , usually expressing serious reflections in view of sorrow or death . It is a marked characteristic of the poetry of the latter part of the eighteenth and the earlier part of the nineteenth centuries ...
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... thought in suspense . It is made plain in the first few words ; and the modifying or amplifying phrases are introduced in the form of clauses which might be easily turned into sentences . Here also there is no question of good or bad as ...
... thought in suspense . It is made plain in the first few words ; and the modifying or amplifying phrases are introduced in the form of clauses which might be easily turned into sentences . Here also there is no question of good or bad as ...
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... thought . It should show an orderly arrangement of thought . It may have sentences which balance each other as the words of the sentence balance . It may be constructed on the principle of suspense ; when it will be essentially periodic ...
... thought . It should show an orderly arrangement of thought . It may have sentences which balance each other as the words of the sentence balance . It may be constructed on the principle of suspense ; when it will be essentially periodic ...
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