 It is not enough that nothing offends the Ear, but a good Poet will adapt the very Sounds, as well as Words, to the things he treats of. So that there is (if one may express it so) a Style of Sound. As in describing a gliding Stream, the Numbers shou'd...  The Works of Alexander Pope - Página 77por Alexander Pope - 1822Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Edwin Abbott, Edwin Abbott Abbott - 1875 - 404 páginas
...I cannot but think deserve to be better regarded. " It is not enough that nothing offendsf the ear, but a good Poet will adapt the very Sounds, as well...deluge, sonorous and swelling ; and so of the rest. . . . "a. Every nice ear must (I believe) have observ'd that in any smooth English verse of ten syllables,... | |
 | Edwin Abbott, Edwin Abbott Abbott - 1875 - 398 páginas
...I cannot but think deserve to be better regarded. " It is not enough that nothing offendsf the ear, but a good Poet will adapt the very Sounds, as well...should run easy and flowing ; in describing a rough J torrent or deluge, sonorous and swelling ; and so of the rest. . . . " a. Every nice ear must (I... | |
 | Edwin Abbott, Edwin Abbott Abbott - 1875 - 416 páginas
...I cannot but think deserve to be better regarded. " It is not enough that nothing oflendst the ear, but a good Poet will adapt the very Sounds, as well...Words, to the things he treats of. So that there is (¡f one may express it so) a Style of Sound. As in describing a gliding stream, the numbers should... | |
 | John Ogilvie - 1882 - 724 páginas
...make suitable; to make to correspond ; to fit or suit ; to proportion. A good poet will <irf,i/vthe very sounds, as well as words, to the things he treats of. Pope. For nature, always in the right. To your decays, adaftt my sight. 5»t/r. 2. Specifically, to... | |
 | Lennox R P.C. Amott - 1883 - 140 páginas
...Oct. 22, 1706, speaking of Heroic lines, says : — "It is not enough that nothing offends the ear, but a good poet will adapt the very sounds, as well...deluge, sonorous and swelling, and so of the rest." Pope himself excelled in this ; for instance, in his line, " When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight... | |
 | John Ogilvie - 1883 - 734 páginas
...To make suitable; to make to correspond ; to fit or suit ; to proportion. A good poet will adaftihc very sounds, as well as words, to the things he treats of. Pop€. For nature, always in the right. To your decays, adapts my siyht. Swift. 2. Specifically, to... | |
 | Ernest Rhys - 1897 - 250 páginas
...Of From a Letter to Walsh. Sound. °ct- «i 1706. " T IT is not enough that nothing offends the ear, but a good poet will adapt the very sounds, as well...there is (if one may express it so) a style of sound." GOLDSMITH (1728-1774) Lines on Poetry from " The Deserted Village." 1770. AND thou, sweet poetry, thou... | |
 | George Saintsbury - 1908 - 612 páginas
...It is not enough that nothing offends the ear, that the verse be, as the French call it, coulant ; but a good poet will adapt the very sounds, as well...deluge, sonorous and swelling ; and so of the rest." CHAPTER II BLANK VERSE AFTER MILTON The meaning of "after" — Roscommon — John Philips — Broome... | |
 | Josephine Turck Baker - 1911 - 180 páginas
...but formerly to, with and from were employed. Adapted To, For, From. To. — To make suitable ; as : A good poet will adapt the very sounds, as well as words to the things he treats of. — Pope. For. — To fit by alteration ; as : "He adapted the story for the stage." From. — To make... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1926 - 306 páginas
...cannot but think deserve to be better regarded. "l. It is not enough that nothing offends the ear, but a good Poet will adapt the very Sounds, as well...and swelling ; and so of the rest. This is evident everywhere in Homer and Virgil, and nowhere else, that I know of, to any observable degree. . . . We... | |
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