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... true artist is never guilty . Indeed , the true artist cherishes tech- nic ; he is forever thinking about it and enlarging his knowledge of it . He delights in discussing its prob- lems ; and when he is moved to talk about his art ...
... true artist is never guilty . Indeed , the true artist cherishes tech- nic ; he is forever thinking about it and enlarging his knowledge of it . He delights in discussing its prob- lems ; and when he is moved to talk about his art ...
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... true that versification is only the carved vase which holds the precious wine of poetry ; and yet with- out the vase the wine would be spilled and wasted . On the other hand , the vase itself stands empty unless the poet has within ...
... true that versification is only the carved vase which holds the precious wine of poetry ; and yet with- out the vase the wine would be spilled and wasted . On the other hand , the vase itself stands empty unless the poet has within ...
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... true that in poetry form and content are inseparable ; and poetry demands for its full appreciation an under- standing of versification . Indeed , Professor Bradley does not go too far when he asserts that " the value of versification ...
... true that in poetry form and content are inseparable ; and poetry demands for its full appreciation an under- standing of versification . Indeed , Professor Bradley does not go too far when he asserts that " the value of versification ...
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... true principles of versification can be seized only when we keep this fact always in mind , that the poet has intended his lines to be heard by the ear , to be spoken or chanted or sung by one for the pleasure of others . His verses ...
... true principles of versification can be seized only when we keep this fact always in mind , that the poet has intended his lines to be heard by the ear , to be spoken or chanted or sung by one for the pleasure of others . His verses ...
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... true principles of versification can be seized only when we keep this fact always in mind , that the poet has intended his lines to be heard by the ear , to be spoken or chanted or sung by one for the pleasure of others . His verses ...
... true principles of versification can be seized only when we keep this fact always in mind , that the poet has intended his lines to be heard by the ear , to be spoken or chanted or sung by one for the pleasure of others . His verses ...
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accepted alliteration anapestic artist asserted attention Austin Dobson ballade beauty blank verse breath Browning Browning's Byron's called charm chosen colliteration composed consonants dactylic declared delight double rimes Dryden effect employed English poetry English verse example feel final line fixed form foot four lines hearer heart heptameter heroic couplet hexameter iambic pentameter iambs iambus kiss language less light long syllables Longfellow's Lowell lyric lyrist mate melody meter metrical metrist Milton never nursery-rimes o'er once pair of rimes passage pause play poem poet poet's poetic license Pope prose quatrain refrain repetition rhythm rhythmic rime-scheme rondeau Rose Shakspere Shakspere's short syllable single rime sometimes song sonnet sound speech spondee stanza substitution sweet Swinburne technic Tennyson thee theme Théodore de Banville thou thought tion trimeter triolet trochaic trochee true tune UNIVERS UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA unrimed versification villanelle vowel vowel-sound wind words write