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... Metres . As regards metre , the " Legend of Good Women " and the Canterbury Tales " were written in heroic couplets of ten- syllabled lines . For " The Parliament of Fowles , " " Troilus and Cressid , " " The Court of Love , " and some ...
... Metres . As regards metre , the " Legend of Good Women " and the Canterbury Tales " were written in heroic couplets of ten- syllabled lines . For " The Parliament of Fowles , " " Troilus and Cressid , " " The Court of Love , " and some ...
Page 124
... metre which he was to bring to such perfection , the " heroic couplet . " This metre had been rehearsed , as we have seen , by Waller and Denham ; under Dryden's skill Style and Versifica- tion . a versifier it was to become the ...
... metre which he was to bring to such perfection , the " heroic couplet . " This metre had been rehearsed , as we have seen , by Waller and Denham ; under Dryden's skill Style and Versifica- tion . a versifier it was to become the ...
Page 222
... metre which he employed the short , ringing , four - foot line - was so well adapted for its purpose that it has since become par excellence , the metre for narrative poems . In describing scenery , he gives us what he loves best , not ...
... metre which he employed the short , ringing , four - foot line - was so well adapted for its purpose that it has since become par excellence , the metre for narrative poems . In describing scenery , he gives us what he loves best , not ...
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