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... lines both the sonnet and the letter suggest that he has already decided on another kind of service , the poetic priesthood to which his gifts and instincts lead him . The chief first fruits of this state of mind appear to have been the ...
... lines both the sonnet and the letter suggest that he has already decided on another kind of service , the poetic priesthood to which his gifts and instincts lead him . The chief first fruits of this state of mind appear to have been the ...
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... lines . In general , we read the weighted words slowly and slide quickly over the rest . This opening sentence has sixteen lines , a sufficient example of what Milton in his preface refers to as " the sense variously drawn out from one ...
... lines . In general , we read the weighted words slowly and slide quickly over the rest . This opening sentence has sixteen lines , a sufficient example of what Milton in his preface refers to as " the sense variously drawn out from one ...
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... lines which have a special expressive value in following closely the movement of thought and feeling . These short lines are not free verse of the modern kind ; they can be scanned as irregular combinations of regular metrical feet ...
... lines which have a special expressive value in following closely the movement of thought and feeling . These short lines are not free verse of the modern kind ; they can be scanned as irregular combinations of regular metrical feet ...
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Introduction | 9 |
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St Pauls School and Cambridge | 18 |
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