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... prose virtues . ' This reference to prose - it is from Mr. Eliot - is worth examining . In his extremely valuable Introductory Essay1 to Johnson's Satires , remarking that in the eighteenth century English verse is ' intolerably poetic ...
... prose virtues . ' This reference to prose - it is from Mr. Eliot - is worth examining . In his extremely valuable Introductory Essay1 to Johnson's Satires , remarking that in the eighteenth century English verse is ' intolerably poetic ...
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... prose . Mr. Eliot lays down an explicit principle : ' And to have the virtues of good prose is the first and minimum requirement of good poetry . ' But in what sense of prose ' can Ash Wednesday , con- summate poetry in which the poet ...
... prose . Mr. Eliot lays down an explicit principle : ' And to have the virtues of good prose is the first and minimum requirement of good poetry . ' But in what sense of prose ' can Ash Wednesday , con- summate poetry in which the poet ...
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... prose . In that tradition the poet inhabited , not The place of solitude where three dreams cross , but ( even when ... prose attitude of mind : it certainly has a great deal to do with the effect of prose voice making prose statements ...
... prose . In that tradition the poet inhabited , not The place of solitude where three dreams cross , but ( even when ... prose attitude of mind : it certainly has a great deal to do with the effect of prose voice making prose statements ...
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THE LINE OF | 10 |
Note Popes Satiric Modes | 92 |
THE AUGUSTAN TRADITION | 101 |
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