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... poem some use of that poetic diction which Geoffrey Tillotson has defined as " the sum of the favourite words used by a single poet , or a single set of poets , " 4 notably in " beautious " ( which is repeated in stanza 4 ) " lambent ...
... poem some use of that poetic diction which Geoffrey Tillotson has defined as " the sum of the favourite words used by a single poet , or a single set of poets , " 4 notably in " beautious " ( which is repeated in stanza 4 ) " lambent ...
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... poem . And I must add that the very extensive use of a word or phrase or figure of speech is part of what causes it to be dubbed poetic diction , hence the ne- cessity to quote so many examples . Stanza 5 uses a stale astrologi- cal ...
... poem . And I must add that the very extensive use of a word or phrase or figure of speech is part of what causes it to be dubbed poetic diction , hence the ne- cessity to quote so many examples . Stanza 5 uses a stale astrologi- cal ...
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... poem , 43 ; Falklands , 93 , 96 , 99 ; False Alarm , 93 , 96 ; Friendship poem , 36 ; Gentleman's Magazine , poems in , 5 ; Good Natur'd Man prologue , 44 ; Hanway defence , 90 , 97 ; Harleian Miscellany , 4 ; Harpsichord poem , 44 ...
... poem , 43 ; Falklands , 93 , 96 , 99 ; False Alarm , 93 , 96 ; Friendship poem , 36 ; Gentleman's Magazine , poems in , 5 ; Good Natur'd Man prologue , 44 ; Hanway defence , 90 , 97 ; Harleian Miscellany , 4 ; Harpsichord poem , 44 ...
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Paging Through Boswells Life of Johnson | 3 |
Notes on Johnsons Hebridean Jaunt | 15 |
Johnsons Early Translations from Virgil Homer and Horace | 23 |
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