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... Metaphysical ' extravagance , but by turning to the poem Of Wit , which exemplifies Cowley's essential good sense . In that poem he dis- cusses and expounds wit in a manner and spirit quite out of resonance with the Metaphysical mode ...
... Metaphysical ' extravagance , but by turning to the poem Of Wit , which exemplifies Cowley's essential good sense . In that poem he dis- cusses and expounds wit in a manner and spirit quite out of resonance with the Metaphysical mode ...
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... Metaphysical descent . The preceding lines are actually those quoted by Mr. Middleton Murry as illus- trating the Metaphysical element in Pope : Most souls , ' tis true , but peep out once an age , Dull sullen pris'ners in the body's ...
... Metaphysical descent . The preceding lines are actually those quoted by Mr. Middleton Murry as illus- trating the Metaphysical element in Pope : Most souls , ' tis true , but peep out once an age , Dull sullen pris'ners in the body's ...
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... Metaphysical tradi- tion is aptly suggested by his Satires of Dr. Donne Versified : bent as he was ( with Dryden behind him ) on being the first ' correct ' poet , Metaphysical ' wit ' — the essential spirit of it - was at the same time ...
... Metaphysical tradi- tion is aptly suggested by his Satires of Dr. Donne Versified : bent as he was ( with Dryden behind him ) on being the first ' correct ' poet , Metaphysical ' wit ' — the essential spirit of it - was at the same time ...
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