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... style belongs . Pastoral treats of country matters and allows a satiric vein , so its style is low , simple and rough ; being simple it was held to be well suited for a poet's first flight . A ' mean ' or middle style of writing best ...
... style belongs . Pastoral treats of country matters and allows a satiric vein , so its style is low , simple and rough ; being simple it was held to be well suited for a poet's first flight . A ' mean ' or middle style of writing best ...
Page 106
... style and of regional forms and idioms . But by classical precedent pastoral could not only descend to satire , it could ' where good occasion offered of higher vein and more Heroicall argument ' - rise to eulogy of the ruler , treat of ...
... style and of regional forms and idioms . But by classical precedent pastoral could not only descend to satire , it could ' where good occasion offered of higher vein and more Heroicall argument ' - rise to eulogy of the ruler , treat of ...
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... style he wrote a morality play Magnificence - recently performed in London . But he is best known for his ' free rhythm ' informal verses , convivial or satiric , which were one forebear of the ' rough rhythm ' pieces in the Calender ...
... style he wrote a morality play Magnificence - recently performed in London . But he is best known for his ' free rhythm ' informal verses , convivial or satiric , which were one forebear of the ' rough rhythm ' pieces in the Calender ...
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