Thomas Gray, Volume 6I have two main aims in view 1) to give the reader as much information about Thomas Gray, his poetry and his age as he will need for enjoyment of the poetry; and 2) to examine all of the poems freshly as works of literature. |
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Page 56
... lines are in the form of two quatrains of alternate rhyme , abababab , while the last six are cdcdcd ; he is , therefore , combining the two forms , leaning perhaps in structure to the Petrarchan contrast of the octave with the ses- tet ...
... lines are in the form of two quatrains of alternate rhyme , abababab , while the last six are cdcdcd ; he is , therefore , combining the two forms , leaning perhaps in structure to the Petrarchan contrast of the octave with the ses- tet ...
Page 74
... lines , here are lines 61-68 : Th ' applause of list'ning senates to command , The threats of pain and ruin to despise , To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land , And read their hist❜ry in a nation's eyes , Their lot forbad : nor ...
... lines , here are lines 61-68 : Th ' applause of list'ning senates to command , The threats of pain and ruin to despise , To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land , And read their hist❜ry in a nation's eyes , Their lot forbad : nor ...
Page 88
... lines and add a trimeter line for good measure . And in all of them , Gray suits one of the finest poetic senses of sound in English literature with just about all the kinds of poetic feet used in the language and most of the per ...
... lines and add a trimeter line for good measure . And in all of them , Gray suits one of the finest poetic senses of sound in English literature with just about all the kinds of poetic feet used in the language and most of the per ...
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