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Page 90
... whole . A poem thus conceived and executed had decorum . A poet observed decorum when he manifested the sense of what belongs to what , of what is fitting in context . * Decorum as a concept operates over the whole range of poetic ...
... whole . A poem thus conceived and executed had decorum . A poet observed decorum when he manifested the sense of what belongs to what , of what is fitting in context . * Decorum as a concept operates over the whole range of poetic ...
Page 91
... whole stanza , indeed to the whole poem . For instance in Prothalamion stanza 3 ( see p . 166 ) the waters are bidden not to wet the ' silken feathers ' of the two swans who are most fair and white and pure . ' Silken ' is precise and ...
... whole stanza , indeed to the whole poem . For instance in Prothalamion stanza 3 ( see p . 166 ) the waters are bidden not to wet the ' silken feathers ' of the two swans who are most fair and white and pure . ' Silken ' is precise and ...
Page 120
... whole arguments of whole poetic works ancient and modern ' as well as Spenser's wider reading at Cambridge encourage us to think that he was aware of poetic activities in Europe on a very wide scale . French and Italian studies we know ...
... whole arguments of whole poetic works ancient and modern ' as well as Spenser's wider reading at Cambridge encourage us to think that he was aware of poetic activities in Europe on a very wide scale . French and Italian studies we know ...
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