Nature in Eighteenth Century PoetryUniversity of Allahabad, 1964 - 117 pages |
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... regard to matter not the unusual , but the obvious , the facts of life - social and political , religious and philosophical . Secondly , with regard to manner - they hit upon the couplet which they thought was neither diffuse like the ...
... regard to matter not the unusual , but the obvious , the facts of life - social and political , religious and philosophical . Secondly , with regard to manner - they hit upon the couplet which they thought was neither diffuse like the ...
Page 27
... regard for Italian landscape . He was not only affected by it but was deeply interested in the changing aspects of Nature , as is evident in many of his letters to his friends . He praised ' the lightsome days , warm sums , and blue ...
... regard for Italian landscape . He was not only affected by it but was deeply interested in the changing aspects of Nature , as is evident in many of his letters to his friends . He praised ' the lightsome days , warm sums , and blue ...
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... regard to Metaphor . Metaphor then finds its real raison d'etre in the perfect ease and grace with which it introduces and unifies the variety required by poetry , not merely for its pleasing effects but for its essential truthfulness ...
... regard to Metaphor . Metaphor then finds its real raison d'etre in the perfect ease and grace with which it introduces and unifies the variety required by poetry , not merely for its pleasing effects but for its essential truthfulness ...
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appear aspects of Nature atmosphere Autumn background birds blooming breathing bright Century Nature Poetry charms classical Claudian clouds convention couplet created critics David Nicol delight diction divinity Dodsley Eighteenth Century Nature Eighteenth Century poets emotion English express fading Fancy favour feeling flocks flowers forests fresh genius Gilfillan green groves harmony Hildebrand Jacob hills human Ibid images imagination imitation inspiration James Thomson Joseph Warton Kensington Garden KHATTRY landscape landscape art Lansdown lastly literary literature living metaphor midst mind models Monody mood moral mountain murmurs Muse Nature's beauties Nineteenth Century o'er observation painting passion pastoral peace pleasure poems poet's poetic Pope realised Reason reflected rills romantic rose rural scenes sense shade Shenstone sincere sing smile solitude song spring stream suggestions things Thomas Denton Thomas Warton Thomson thought thro tion trees verse vivid wave William Lisle Bowles William Shenstone wind woods write