The Art of John Dryden

Absalom and Achitophel accent action Aeneid anapest Anne Killigrew Annus Mirabilis Antony Antony's argument balance beauty blank verse cadency caesura Cleopatra contrast dactylic death diction Dolabella Doren Dramatic Poesy Dryden Calif Dryden Scott Dryden's Poetry Earl Miner English epic Essay of Dramatic evil feeling genre God's heroic couplet human iamb iambic iiiii imagery imitative harmony John Dryden King language light Mark Van Doren meaning medial pause ment metaphor meter metrical mind moral motion moves nature norm numbers parallelism passage passions pattern phrase phrase-end play plot poem poem's poet poetic praise Preface propriety reason rhetorical rhyme rhythm Saintsbury satire scene sense shape shows Song sound speech spondees stanza stress strong structure syllable theory thou tion tone trochaic trochee truth unity untune Ventidius Verrall verse paragraphing versification W. K. Wimsatt Watson words York Yvor Winters