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... couplet . In the use of alternate rhyme for the first eight lines he was not without a model , as the earliest - known sonnet in Italian , by Peter de Vinea , in the thirteenth century , made use of this arrange- ment , as did also ...
... couplet . In the use of alternate rhyme for the first eight lines he was not without a model , as the earliest - known sonnet in Italian , by Peter de Vinea , in the thirteenth century , made use of this arrange- ment , as did also ...
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... couplet , and gave it that inimitable finish and polish , Waller had rehearsed this art of “ writing easily , " had adopted the French fashion of writing in couplets , the sense being made to end with the line or couplet , and had ...
... couplet , and gave it that inimitable finish and polish , Waller had rehearsed this art of “ writing easily , " had adopted the French fashion of writing in couplets , the sense being made to end with the line or couplet , and had ...
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... couplet , the sense terminating with the couplet , antithesis , and the cćsura : " Oh , could I flow like thee , and make thy stream My great example , as it is my theme ! Though deep , yet clear ; though gentle , yet not dull ; Strong ...
... couplet , the sense terminating with the couplet , antithesis , and the cćsura : " Oh , could I flow like thee , and make thy stream My great example , as it is my theme ! Though deep , yet clear ; though gentle , yet not dull ; Strong ...
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