A Text-book on English Literature: With Copious Extracts from the Leading Authors, English and American, with Full Instructions as to the Method in which These are to be Studied, Adapted for Use in Colleges, High Schools and AcademiesClark & Maynard, 1882 - 478 páginas |
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... Poems ... 165 Prose . Taylor and Baxter . 153 Poetry . Extract from Fuller ... Extract from Taylor ...... 157 Extract from Browne .. 159 [ Decline of Poetry .. Metaphysical Poetry . Lyric and Satirical ... ... 154 161 161 His Prose ...
... Poems ... 165 Prose . Taylor and Baxter . 153 Poetry . Extract from Fuller ... Extract from Taylor ...... 157 Extract from Browne .. 159 [ Decline of Poetry .. Metaphysical Poetry . Lyric and Satirical ... ... 154 161 161 His Prose ...
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... poem ? 2. METRE . -How many feet are there in the standard , or prevailing , line ? And so , in what metre is the poem written ? What is the metre of those lines varying from the standard ? 3. RHYME . - Do the lines rhyme , or is the ...
... poem ? 2. METRE . -How many feet are there in the standard , or prevailing , line ? And so , in what metre is the poem written ? What is the metre of those lines varying from the standard ? 3. RHYME . - Do the lines rhyme , or is the ...
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... poem of Beowulf has the grave Teutonic power , but it is not native to English soil . It is not the first true English poem . That is the work of CEDMON , and is also from Northumbria . The story of it , as told by Bæda , proves that ...
... poem of Beowulf has the grave Teutonic power , but it is not native to English soil . It is not the first true English poem . That is the work of CEDMON , and is also from Northumbria . The story of it , as told by Bæda , proves that ...
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... poem , written about 670 , is for us the beginning of English poetry , and the story of its origin ought to be loved ... poem is religious throughout - Christianity speaks in it simply , sternly , with fire , and brings with it a new ...
... poem , written about 670 , is for us the beginning of English poetry , and the story of its origin ought to be loved ... poem is religious throughout - Christianity speaks in it simply , sternly , with fire , and brings with it a new ...
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... POEMS . - Of the poetry that came af- ter Cadmon we have few remains . But we have many things said which show us that his poem , like all great works , gave birth to a number of similar ones . The increase of monasteries , where men of ...
... POEMS . - Of the poetry that came af- ter Cadmon we have few remains . But we have many things said which show us that his poem , like all great works , gave birth to a number of similar ones . The increase of monasteries , where men of ...
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