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... 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 theory ...
... 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 theory ...
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 ...
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... whole ' . Spenser says in his preface that ' eclogues ' does not mean ' select pieces ' ; the Greek word means ' goat - songs ' . His book of verses will be no miscellany . His pastoral volume is a whole , a cycle not a series , with ...
... whole ' . Spenser says in his preface that ' eclogues ' does not mean ' select pieces ' ; the Greek word means ' goat - songs ' . His book of verses will be no miscellany . His pastoral volume is a whole , a cycle not a series , with ...
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