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... blank verse . Perhaps Dr. Bryant had copied both poems on a single page , or perhaps the editors , noting that both poems were literally " about death , ” saw nothing wrong in combining the regular and blank verses . In either case ...
... blank verse . Perhaps Dr. Bryant had copied both poems on a single page , or perhaps the editors , noting that both poems were literally " about death , ” saw nothing wrong in combining the regular and blank verses . In either case ...
Page 114
... verse and the less inhibited rhythms of blank verse . In both areas , as previous chapters have illustrated , he had notable successes . Yet in neither area did he develop , in theory or in practice , a prosody which could be relied ...
... verse and the less inhibited rhythms of blank verse . In both areas , as previous chapters have illustrated , he had notable successes . Yet in neither area did he develop , in theory or in practice , a prosody which could be relied ...
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... blank verse or its place in his own work . His remarks in the Lectures , upon which this discussion must draw , are addressed not to the problems of blank verse but to those of poetry as a whole . This critical silence on an important ...
... blank verse or its place in his own work . His remarks in the Lectures , upon which this discussion must draw , are addressed not to the problems of blank verse but to those of poetry as a whole . This critical silence on an important ...
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