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Page 175
... style ; proper discussion would need another book . Elements of the grand style had appeared in Milton's earlier poems , especially the sonnets , and in the rough- ness and toughness of language , syntax , and image in the soaring or ...
... style ; proper discussion would need another book . Elements of the grand style had appeared in Milton's earlier poems , especially the sonnets , and in the rough- ness and toughness of language , syntax , and image in the soaring or ...
Page 194
... style . The blank verse , obvi- ously remote from the sweeping periods of Paradise Lost , has a colloquial irregularity more massive , rugged , and ́ sinewy than the " prosaic " plainness of Paradise Regained . The texture , it has been ...
... style . The blank verse , obvi- ously remote from the sweeping periods of Paradise Lost , has a colloquial irregularity more massive , rugged , and ́ sinewy than the " prosaic " plainness of Paradise Regained . The texture , it has been ...
Page 221
... style of , 13 , 100 ; quoted , 14-15 ; Paradise Lost ( cont . ) foreshadowed , 29 ; composi- tion of , 123 , 135 ; discussed and quoted , 140-181 ; and Samson Agonistes , 194 ; re- vision of , 202 ; 2nd edition , 203 ; sale and editions ...
... style of , 13 , 100 ; quoted , 14-15 ; Paradise Lost ( cont . ) foreshadowed , 29 ; composi- tion of , 123 , 135 ; discussed and quoted , 140-181 ; and Samson Agonistes , 194 ; re- vision of , 202 ; 2nd edition , 203 ; sale and editions ...
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