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... poem lacks the strong fable and smooth verse of Dryden's work , it is considerably better than most of the city - politics poems . Defoe's second published poem , " To the Athenian Soci- ety " ( 1692 ) , appeared in Charles Gildon's The ...
... poem lacks the strong fable and smooth verse of Dryden's work , it is considerably better than most of the city - politics poems . Defoe's second published poem , " To the Athenian Soci- ety " ( 1692 ) , appeared in Charles Gildon's The ...
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... poem supporting William . This poem made him famous and appeared in fifty editions by midcentury . At last ready to speak in a more distinctive poetic voice , he used inversions of conventional techniques , idiomatic language and ...
... poem supporting William . This poem made him famous and appeared in fifty editions by midcentury . At last ready to speak in a more distinctive poetic voice , he used inversions of conventional techniques , idiomatic language and ...
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... poem is close to Walter Ong's conception of literature as cry . The theme is " who can judge of Crimes by Punishment , / Where Parties Rule , and Law's Subservient . " In this poem , specific examples and familiar names replace ...
... poem is close to Walter Ong's conception of literature as cry . The theme is " who can judge of Crimes by Punishment , / Where Parties Rule , and Law's Subservient . " In this poem , specific examples and familiar names replace ...
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