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... verse of Shakespeare spoken unaffectedly and with the intonation of civilised English ; the next was the perception of the fact that , given a good delivery of the verse , the interest of drama and character automatically followed ...
... verse of Shakespeare spoken unaffectedly and with the intonation of civilised English ; the next was the perception of the fact that , given a good delivery of the verse , the interest of drama and character automatically followed ...
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... verse . Milton's definition of blank verse is well known , and it cannot be bettered : it consists , he says , ' in apt numbers , fit quantity of syllables , and the sense variously drawn out from one verse into another . ' Its essence ...
... verse . Milton's definition of blank verse is well known , and it cannot be bettered : it consists , he says , ' in apt numbers , fit quantity of syllables , and the sense variously drawn out from one verse into another . ' Its essence ...
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... verse that is not artificial , and that is , bad verse . Yet it is true that there is a sense in which Pope's couplet is more artificial than , let us say , the later blank verse of Shakespeare - it has less resemblance to nature . It ...
... verse that is not artificial , and that is , bad verse . Yet it is true that there is a sense in which Pope's couplet is more artificial than , let us say , the later blank verse of Shakespeare - it has less resemblance to nature . It ...
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SHAKESPEARES FINAL PERIOD The Independent | 1 |
WORDS AND POETRY The Hogarth Press 1928 | 16 |
RABELAIS The New Statesman Feb 16 1918 CHARAC | 31 |
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