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... poets use , a verse fitted to be recited rather than sung . The old English alliterative verse continued , indeed , in occasional use to the 16th century . But it was linked to a forgotten literature and an obsolete dialect , and was ...
... poets use , a verse fitted to be recited rather than sung . The old English alliterative verse continued , indeed , in occasional use to the 16th century . But it was linked to a forgotten literature and an obsolete dialect , and was ...
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... English verse , following in the main the authority of the Latin chronicles ... British kings - the supposed ancestors of Queen Elizabeth , his royal patron ... poets . The Saxon Alfred had been dethroned by the British Arthur , and the ...
... English verse , following in the main the authority of the Latin chronicles ... British kings - the supposed ancestors of Queen Elizabeth , his royal patron ... poets . The Saxon Alfred had been dethroned by the British Arthur , and the ...
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... English poetry were the metrical romances or chivalry tales . These were sung or recited by the min- strels , who ... poet ) told his story in FROM THE CONQUEST TO CHAUCER . 13.
... English poetry were the metrical romances or chivalry tales . These were sung or recited by the min- strels , who ... poet ) told his story in FROM THE CONQUEST TO CHAUCER . 13.
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English Literature in Eight Chapters Henry Augustin Beers. trouvere ( finder or poet ) told his story in a straightforward , prosaic fashion , omitting no details in the action and unroll- ing endless descriptions of dresses , trappings ...
English Literature in Eight Chapters Henry Augustin Beers. trouvere ( finder or poet ) told his story in a straightforward , prosaic fashion , omitting no details in the action and unroll- ing endless descriptions of dresses , trappings ...
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... English poets as Tenny- son in his Idyls of the King , by Matthew Arnold , Swin- burne , and many others . There were innumerable Arthur romances in prose and verse , in Anglo - Norman and con- tinental French dialects , in English , in ...
... English poets as Tenny- son in his Idyls of the King , by Matthew Arnold , Swin- burne , and many others . There were innumerable Arthur romances in prose and verse , in Anglo - Norman and con- tinental French dialects , in English , in ...
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