Critical Essays on Roman Literature: Elegy and LyricJohn Patrick Sullivan |
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... effect is magnificently suggestive of the sense : hasty , nervous sweeps of the oars , too much excitement to row effectively , and then jagged , floundering blows as the rhythm of the rowing is lost altogether . The more one thinks ...
... effect is magnificently suggestive of the sense : hasty , nervous sweeps of the oars , too much excitement to row effectively , and then jagged , floundering blows as the rhythm of the rowing is lost altogether . The more one thinks ...
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... effect of relentless brilliance . The cumulative effect of it all is not something that can be exemplified here . The test is not the quality of isolated passages , but our reaction to the whole poem . For , unlike other long poems ...
... effect of relentless brilliance . The cumulative effect of it all is not something that can be exemplified here . The test is not the quality of isolated passages , but our reaction to the whole poem . For , unlike other long poems ...
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... effect is achieved . Finally , two hexameters in this poem demonstrate that the use of conventional divine machinery can coexist with original invention : quod si concussas Triton exasperet undas • tum mare in haec magnus proclinet ...
... effect is achieved . Finally , two hexameters in this poem demonstrate that the use of conventional divine machinery can coexist with original invention : quod si concussas Triton exasperet undas • tum mare in haec magnus proclinet ...
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INTRODUCTION J P Sullivan Lincoln College page | 1 |
ME EX VERSICULIS MEIS PARUM PUDICUM | 15 |
DOCTE CATULLE K F Quinn University of | 31 |
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