| 单词 | versification |
| 例句 | Classics were an important influence, as the skill of his versification testifies. Poem of the week: To Helen by Edgar Allan Poe 2010-04-26T09:17:00Z He's clearly paid a great deal of detailed attention to how the narrative and the interplay of character is to work – vital in Shakespeare films that can easily get bogged down in versification. Coriolanus ? review 2011-02-15T15:18:52Z This does not necessarily include a gift for versification, which is an aptitude shared by many who are not truly poets. Street of the Iron Po(e)t, Part XII 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z When Stoner asks about Anglo-Saxon versification, Walker responds with talk of “sensibility.” John Williams and the Canon That Might Have Been 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z Between his rough versification and the polished elegance of Pope there can be no comparison; but the thoughts are the same. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 113, December 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-04-23T02:00:31.657Z This, it is acknowledged, has never been surpassed; it became the standard of language, the steadfast rule of versification, and the model of poetical composition. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z His poems are full of colour and passion, his versification has more witchcraft in it than any other poet’s of his age, and his style is grace itself. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z He became best known as an author, possessing an active fancy and a great faculty of versification. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z My poetic possibilities, however, rested more upon aspiration than inspiration, and my craving for versification was but a passing phase of my literary activities. Under Four Administrations From Cleveland to Taft 2012-03-16T02:00:21.923Z And that judgment was based upon the versification of a few Psalms by the old man on a sick bed. Bacon and Shakspere 2012-03-14T02:00:24.313Z This is not a faultless passage, but no one can help admiring the felicitous imagery, the vivid word-painting, the wonderful harmony of the versification. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z And the very difficulty of the form is a strong argument in favor of its frequent use by novices in versification. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z These lines are a great contrast to the dignified versification of The Old Garden, by Margaret Deland, a garden around which a great city has grown. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z The hasty trot of the versification, unfit for any other theme, on this betokens well the frightened horse. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z There is a certain rawness of style and versification which—' 'That's right,' interrupted Raymond; 'I know just what you are going to say. Solomon 2012-02-29T03:00:26.127Z His refined critical perception had detected the superiority of Chaucer’s versification, as adapted to the present state of the language by Dryden, over the sententious epigrammatic couplet of Pope which had superseded it. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z It is the simplest form of poetical composition, and the novice in the craft of versification will not find it difficult to attain in it, after a few attempts, a fair measure of success. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z The extent to which this has been neglected, in versification, is one of the most unaccountable things in the world. How to Write a Novel A Practical Guide to the Art of Fiction 2012-02-17T03:00:36.070Z His "Scenes of Infancy" is distinguished for the sweetness of its versification, and its pleasant pictures of the vale of Teviot. The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z The versification, however, is good, and there are pleasant touches of gentle humour. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z Ottava, ot-t�′v�, n. an octave.—Ottava rima, an Italian form of versification consisting of eight lines, the first six rhyming alternately, the last two forming a couplet—used by Byron in Don Juan. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) 2012-01-30T03:00:13.887Z Reed brought me a beautiful yellow rose, half-blown, upon which I needs must exercise my old trick of versification. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z As a rule Diniz’s versification is weak and his verses lack harmony, though the diction is beyond cavil. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" 2012-01-22T03:00:24.397Z His poems are distinguished for their singular harmony and sweetness of versification. The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z Most of them are in iambic pentameters, and are for the greater part sextets in form; but though the versification is occasionally smooth, these compositions do little credit to the Muse who inspired them. Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromartie, Knight 2012-01-19T03:00:21.953Z His melody—with exceptional discords—is as the music of a Master, not mere versification. The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) 2012-01-14T03:00:20.483Z He was not a fine scholar, in that restricted sense of the term which implies a special aptitude for turning English into Greek and Latin, or for original versification in the classical languages. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z There was no difficulty in versification with him. The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) 2012-01-04T03:00:43.800Z Its phrases caught our fancy, and some of our early attempts at versification were cast in the same metre. Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z The style, except in the parts written for the Masks, is coarse and slovenly, the versification hasty, the language diffuse, commonplace, and often incorrect. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z There is a restraint about the versification and the colour of the words that strikes the right chord and tunes the lyre to a subdued note. Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z In general the practice of versification in the conventional literary language has declined, though sedulously encouraged by the university of Athens, and fostered by annual poetic competitions with prizes provided by patriotic citizens. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z This is rather to be considered as a paraphrase upon than a mere versification of the story of the Bible. The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) 2012-01-04T03:00:43.800Z Not only is a facility for versification common amongst them, but they have some names which the real halo adorns. A Trip to Cuba 2011-12-05T03:00:49.610Z Take "Paradise Lost," a work so glorious for the loftiness of its imagination, and the extent of its learning, and the beauty of its illustrations, and the harmony of its versification! Household Education 2011-12-02T03:00:25.437Z Dramatic unities; laws of versification; ecclesiastical systems; scholastic doctrines. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z But, owing to the fact that he generally employed antiquated versification and very erudite language, his poems failed to reach the people or to find a place in the services of the church. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z He is described as "the poet of his age absolutely," and to judge from the extracts in Kutubí's Fawátu ’l-Wafayát829 he combined subtlety of fancy with remarkable ease and sweetness of versification. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z While the versification of Lord Derby is such as Pope himself would have admired, his Iliad is in all other essentials superior to that of his great rival. Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action 2011-11-11T03:00:34.027Z It met with a limited sale: the versification was heavy, unlike anything else he ever wrote, and the subject was unsuited to his powers. The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z An exercise written while at Andover, shows at what an early age he attempted versification. Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes 2011-11-01T02:00:25.563Z His diction is overloaded with classical ornament, but his versification is easy and fluent, and its cadence is at times singularly sweet. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z Frauenlob’s poems make a great display of learning; he delights in far-fetched metaphors, and his versification abounds in tricks of form and rhyme. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" 2011-10-22T02:00:29.487Z As such, it may at first seem that they mark an effort in revolt against two of the primary assets of modern versification. Open Water 2011-10-14T02:00:31.043Z His facility of versification one may almost be tempted to regret. The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z The earliest French versification is evidently inherited from that of the Latin hymns of the church, and for a certain time Latin originals were followed in the choice of literary forms. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z She also persisted in urging me to write 'a piece of poetry' in her album, and I persevered in declaring my utter inability: as my few attempts at versification had hitherto proved entire failures. Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z An extract will serve to illustrate the flexible, elastic, and individual versification. King Lear's Wife; The Crier by Night; The Riding to Lithend; Midsummer-Eve; Laodice and Dana? 2011-09-17T02:00:30.620Z We have not spoken of Mr. Morris's versification nor of his vocabulary. Views and Reviews 2011-09-16T02:00:21.197Z Elegant and melodious versification, exquisite word-painting, and a marked tendency to the use of the supernatural, are its chief characteristics. The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z They would have no unities, no arbitrary selection of subjects, no restraints on variety of versification, no academically limited vocabulary, no considerations of artificial beauty, and, above all, no periphrastic expression. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z Sacred song flourished afresh amid the troubles of the Thirty Years' War; but gradually lost its sublime objective church character, which was poorly compensated by a more flowing versification, polished language, and elegant form. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z The Bestiary and the Proverbs of Alfred are two other works which resemble the Brut more or less in versification, and are interesting historically. Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 2011-09-09T02:00:56.970Z Ronsard was her tutor in versification, which became one of her favourite pursuits. Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country 2011-08-27T02:00:22.057Z Not only Buddhist and Confucian classics, and works of purely literary character, especially poetical works and books on versification, but several medical works also were reprinted and issued in the later Ashikaga age. An Introduction to the History of Japan 2011-08-25T02:00:29.177Z His versification, harmonious as it is, is monotonous, and he does not venture into the bold lyrical forms which true poetry loves. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z His versification is rugged, and his style obscure and fantastic, but his poems, both religious and amatory, contain much beauty of thought. A Brief Handbook of English Authors 2011-08-15T02:00:26.603Z They will serve to show his ready power of versification; he never studied to be a poet, nor ever labored upon a piece of poetical composition. Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou 2011-08-04T02:00:22.900Z Of poetry he once wrote:—"The mere ideas and melody of a poem seem to me of small moment unless the complex laws of versification be strictly obeyed." Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman 2011-07-20T02:00:12.413Z Moreover, his accomplishments in the Chinese classics and in Japanese versification were far ahead of the average literati of the time, and his skill in calligraphy has been said to be almost incomparable. An Introduction to the History of Japan 2011-08-25T02:00:29.177Z Hence it is clear that, if by ‘versification taken by itself’ one means the versification of a poem, it is impossible under the requisite conditions to get at this versification by itself. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z We must charitably suppose that the perplexities of versification and the heat of their poetical inspiration compelled them to overlook sarcasms which they could never have suffered to pass in plain prose. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z His poems were always easy and liquid in versification, full of point and meaning, expressing much in a few words, while the ideas are clothed in the sweetest garb of poesy. Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou 2011-08-04T02:00:22.900Z The dictum, considering its source, is exquisitely ludicrous; for Hearn poetry could not be coined into dollars, even if he had had the mind and heart to learn anything of "the complex laws of versification." Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman 2011-07-20T02:00:12.413Z The versification is smooth, the descriptions are graceful and picturesque; but neither the subject nor its treatment is enthralling. Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign A Book of Appreciations 2011-07-08T02:00:23.177Z The versification of a poem is always, to speak loosely, influenced by the sense. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z Besides the inscriptions added to the pictures and often given in versified form, there are a number of rhymed Bibles, as these versifications of the Biblical history are called. The Influence of the Bible on Civilisation 2011-07-06T02:00:51.053Z Thus it is with all the pieces of Wills; they are founded upon conceptions which crumble away upon analysis, and the versification is too poor to veil or redeem the weakness of the dramatic idea. The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z No other poet of the period has such skill in versification, such freshness and vigour, or such variety. Chaucer and His Times 2011-06-30T02:00:26.883Z These effusions, however, are highly creditable specimens of the kind, and show a facility of versification and a command of poetic thought and imagery, which give a fair promise of future excellence. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None 2011-06-27T02:01:02.870Z He spent the greater part of that night, and the whole of next morning, in the sedulous versification of the dialogue and songs. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z They meet often, especially at his house, and he gives them subjects for Latin versification, such as the praises of poverty. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z In the Song of the Earth, which shows a higher exercise of the poetic faculty than any thing else Mr. Boker has written, he has enriched the language with a new form of versification. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z His ear was musical, and he formed a metrical structure with the melodies of our varied versification, rejecting the rude rhythmical rhyme which had hitherto prevailed in our poetry. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z In 1562 Ramus, in his Grammar, recommended the ancient versification, and expressed his regret that it had not been accepted with favor by the public. A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism 2011-05-30T02:00:13.147Z It will be a long time before the infantine public are brought round to Walt Whitman's views on versification. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z The agreeable versification Intellectual decadence of Gaul. of an amateur like Ausonius, the refined panegyrics of a Eumenius, disguising nullity of thought beneath elegance of form, already foretold the perilous sterility of scholasticism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" 2011-05-15T02:00:07.897Z Delta's principal powers were cultured sensibility, fine fancy, good taste, and an easy, graceful style and versification. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z These are replete with the urbanity and delicate irony of the Roman, but what was then still unexampled, flowing with the fulness and freedom of the versification of Dryden. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z The writers of the second stage were, in many cases, too busy with questions of versification and other practical matters to find time for abstract theorizing on the art of poetry. A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism 2011-05-30T02:00:13.147Z Probably his sporting poems might have been better if he had been able to go on and take that course in versification. The Boy Grew Older 2011-05-10T02:01:01.027Z Can the political genius divine the inner versifications of the poetic one, without experience? The Campaner Thal and Other Writings 2011-04-26T02:00:29.827Z Abounding in thought, this school generally neglected versification, and that of Dr. Donne was peculiarly harsh and unmusical. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z A master in the art of versification was struck by our poet’s modulation, so musical was his ear in the rhythm of his verse. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Under Leo X. and throughout the first half of the sixteenth century, the intricacies of style and versification were carefully studied. A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism 2011-05-30T02:00:13.147Z His passion for the art of Racine may be compared with the close attention which Keats gave to the versification of Dryden. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z As it was, the excellence of his work was marred by the defect of his temperament, and has far less value for the general reader than for the student of versification. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z In general, they comprise so small a portion of uninterrupted dialogue, that we can scarcely form a judgment even of the style and manner of the poet, or of the beauty of his versification. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z In style and versification the writer far distanced those of his contemporaries, whose affectation of phrases rendered them harsh and obscure; he has, therefore, approached us. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z The six or seven concluding chapters treat of more minute and detailed questions of language and versification. A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism 2011-05-30T02:00:13.147Z For all such foreign folly, the rigorous versification, the pure and lucid language, and the luminous fancy of Leconte de Lisle may be recommended as a medicine. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z His style is prolix; his versification, if we omit the Canzoni a Ballo and some sonnets, is slovenly; nor does he show exceptional ability in the conception and conduct of his stories. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z His Latin is admitted on all hands to have been sufficiently pure409; but his versification was rugged and prosaic. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Warton transcribed a few lines to show this poet’s “harmonious versification and clear expression;” but this short specimen may convey an erroneous notion. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Both works begin with a somewhat similar theory of the origin of language; both works close with a discussion of the versification of the vernacular. A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism 2011-05-30T02:00:13.147Z He seems to have had no sense whatever for external nature; while he overvalued a mathematical exactitude of balance in versification and a grandiose severity in rhetoric. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z Expression, versification, melody, pitch of sentiment, remained unaltered. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z In consequence of the fragments which remain of the Saturnian verses being so short and corrupted, it is extremely difficult to fix their regular measure, or reduce them to one standard of versification. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z We perceive this want in the uncertain measures of Chaucer’s versification; and a dexterous modulation is still required to catch the recitative of Chaucer’s poems. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Concerning the questions of language, versification, and the feeling for natural scenery, he agrees fundamentally with the chief writers of the Pl�iade. A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism 2011-05-30T02:00:13.147Z But there are certain species of poetry, of which the chief merit lies in the sweetness and harmony of versification. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z Nor, again, did he attend to cadence in his versification. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z His Hellenisms are frequent—his images, similes, metaphors, and addresses to himself, are all Greek; and even in the versification of his odes we see visible traces of their origin. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z The romance of Alexander existed before, and it is not probable that the first essay of our versification was a great poem. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Under no circumstances, theoretically, will he permit the separation of poetry from mere versification. A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism 2011-05-30T02:00:13.147Z The prefaces of the most important editions are prefixed; and the only fault which has been found with it is, that in his new readings the editor has sometimes injured the harmony of the versification. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z The beauties of the poem were pronounced to be its mysticism, its wildness, its depth of sentiment, its grandeur of imagery, and its varied and sweet versification. Leigh Hunt's Relations with Byron, Shelley and Keats 2011-04-02T02:00:11.477Z They were careless with regard to the regularity or harmony of versification. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Wyatt is an abundant writer; but he has wrought his later versification with great variety, though he has not always smoothed his workmanship with his nail. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z The first difference which may be pointed out between Shakspeare and Fletcher, is that of their versification. A Letter on Shakspere's Authorship of The Two Noble Kinsmen and on the characteristics of Shakspere's style and the secret of his supremacy 2011-03-21T02:00:11.187Z It is lost in the sands of versification. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z The Poems of 1817 show Hunt’s influences in spirit, diction and versification. Leigh Hunt's Relations with Byron, Shelley and Keats 2011-04-02T02:00:11.477Z To judge by the fragments of his works which remain, Ennius greatly surpassed his predecessors, not only in poetical genius, but in the art of versification. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z If he meditates long on these subjects, versification will be the inevitable result. The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z Shakspere's.Shakspeare's versification is broken and full of pauses, he is sparing of double terminations to his verses, and has a marked fondness for ending speeches or scenes with hemi-stitches. A Letter on Shakspere's Authorship of The Two Noble Kinsmen and on the characteristics of Shakspere's style and the secret of his supremacy 2011-03-21T02:00:11.187Z This story is interspersed with poems of the most exquisite delicacy, both in sentiment and in versification. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z What influence lingers is seen in the general theory of versification and in the diction, with some trace in matters of taste. Leigh Hunt's Relations with Byron, Shelley and Keats 2011-04-02T02:00:11.477Z The part written out was in iambic verse, but the extemporary dialogue which filled up the scene was in prose, or in the rudest species of versification. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z His language is pure, and his versification correct. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z The present drama exhibits in whole scenes the qualities of Shakspeare's versification; and there are other scenes which are marked by those of Fletcher's; the difference is one reason for separating the authorship. A Letter on Shakspere's Authorship of The Two Noble Kinsmen and on the characteristics of Shakspere's style and the secret of his supremacy 2011-03-21T02:00:11.187Z It is this inconceivable harshness of versification, which has caused Donne to be so little read, except by those who make our old poetry their study. The Romance of Biography (Vol 2 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-03-01T03:00:48.107Z The versification is said to expose the defects of Hunt’s system ten times more than Hunt’s own poetry. Leigh Hunt's Relations with Byron, Shelley and Keats 2011-04-02T02:00:11.477Z The versification of the play which we have under that name is far above Rowley's powers, nor are there signs of collaboration in the play, as far as we can tell. Philip Massinger 2011-02-25T03:01:15.270Z The following sonnet is rather a specimen of versification than of sentiment: the subject is borrowed from Petrarch. The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-02-25T03:01:04.597Z Its broken versification points out Shakspeare; the quaintness of some conceits is his; and several of the phrases and images have much of his pointedness, brevity, or obscurity. A Letter on Shakspere's Authorship of The Two Noble Kinsmen and on the characteristics of Shakspere's style and the secret of his supremacy 2011-03-21T02:00:11.187Z His versification is exquisitely finished, harmonious, and musically toned. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 2011-02-23T03:00:33.760Z Further treatment of the influence of Hunt’s diction and versification upon Keats and Shelley is reserved for chapters II and III of the present study. Leigh Hunt's Relations with Byron, Shelley and Keats 2011-04-02T02:00:11.477Z Mr. Fleay used almost exclusively versification to distinguish author from author. Philip Massinger 2011-02-25T03:01:15.270Z His forte seems to have been lively description, philosophical illustration, and brilliant and sportive fancy, combined with a classic taste and polished versification. The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-02-25T03:01:04.597Z In the following speeches there are images and phrases, which are either identically Fletcher's, or closely resemble his, and the whole cast both of versification and idiom is strictly his:— Act II. scene i. A Letter on Shakspere's Authorship of The Two Noble Kinsmen and on the characteristics of Shakspere's style and the secret of his supremacy 2011-03-21T02:00:11.187Z He established tragedy, and inspired its master, and created for it an adequate diction and versification. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z In his definition of poetry he excluded a consideration of versification. The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z I have used other tests apart from the versification, and have almost uniformly found the impressions derived from the latter correct.” Philip Massinger 2011-02-25T03:01:15.270Z The whole scene, though less polished in the versification than some of his sonnets, is written throughout with all the flow and fervour of real feeling. The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-02-25T03:01:04.597Z The versification is very sweet, and the romantic air of the phraseology is very much Fletcher's, especially towards the end of the following quotation. A Letter on Shakspere's Authorship of The Two Noble Kinsmen and on the characteristics of Shakspere's style and the secret of his supremacy 2011-03-21T02:00:11.187Z His diction and versification came to their full power in his satires, rhymed arguments, dedications and translations. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z He thought the perfection of French verse impossible, that versification loses more than it gains by rhyme, and that French poets were cramped by versification. The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z This sonnet, and the two following, my earliest attempts at that form of versification, were addressed to R. S. Jameson, Esq., on occasion of meeting him in London, after a separation of some years. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z This close study of versification shows that Love's Labor's Lost was probably Shakespeare's first play, followed by The Comedy of Errors and by several historical plays. Comfort Found in Good Old Books 2011-01-31T03:00:11.907Z The rugged versification is his, and the force of language. A Letter on Shakspere's Authorship of The Two Noble Kinsmen and on the characteristics of Shakspere's style and the secret of his supremacy 2011-03-21T02:00:11.187Z The essential solitude of Milton’s energies is best seen in his later style and versification. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z His essay is divided into two parts, the one dealing with imagination, or rather imagery, the other with versification. The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z Cowper's lines are in reality a versification of a portion of Lord Mansfield's words. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z But it is not only with the general design of the play and its feeble characterization that fault is found, but also with the versification. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z The tender mournfulness of the language and few images is exquisite, and the sweet sad monotonous melody of the versification is indescribably affecting. A Letter on Shakspere's Authorship of The Two Noble Kinsmen and on the characteristics of Shakspere's style and the secret of his supremacy 2011-03-21T02:00:11.187Z One is that of expression and versification; the next is the invention and presentation of human character in action; the third is the theatrical faculty. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z If the great poets of the world had never used a patterned form, there would have been no text books welding poetry and versification together. The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z There is one charming little song entitled "The Basket of Flowers," in which the sentiment and versification are alike admirable. The Hubble-Shue 2011-01-24T03:00:16.303Z The habit of writing for music injured Moore's versification even when he wrote narrative verse; and we have the result in the excessive smoothness of Lalla Rookh. Thomas Moore 2011-01-14T03:00:51.040Z The extreme facility with which the language lends itself to rhyming desinence has a most injurious effect upon versification. Basque Legends With an Essay on the Basque Language 2011-01-11T03:00:33.670Z Thus the drama by 1580 had some of its carpentry, though not yet a true style or versification. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z Hunt's essay defines poetry as imaginative passion in versification. The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z With these, versifications of all the virtues and moralities. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z It is an Indian epic, dealing with the life and teaching of Buddha, which are expounded with much wealth of local colour and not a little felicity of versification. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" Perhaps there is no people among whom versification is so common, and among whom really high-class poetry is so rare, as among the Basques. Basque Legends With an Essay on the Basque Language 2011-01-11T03:00:33.670Z His vision and phrasing of natural things were already original in the Nativity Ode, written when he was twenty; and, there also, his versification was already that of a master, of a renovator. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z He believes, however, versification is necessary to all poetry. The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z Having some trick of versification, he gave the words a turn towards a Persian couplet. The Great Mogul As to the versification of them, if there is wit or humor in it, laugh; if ill-nature, sneer; if mere dullness, why, you may even yawn or nod. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams And so it comes to pass that, while versification is very common among the Basques, high-class poetry is extremely rare. Basque Legends With an Essay on the Basque Language 2011-01-11T03:00:33.670Z The poem, consisting of some 2500 hexameters, is of little merit, being full of mystical and allegorical interpretations and long-winded digressions; the versification, except for certain eccentricities in prosody, is generally correct. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" He said that there were many poets who were poetical without making verses, and he considered versification distinct from poetry. The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z Cowper, an old pupil of Bourne’s, Beattie and Lamb have combined in praise of his wonderful power of Latin versification. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" There is a most infamous versification of them, I hear, sent out. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams The "Good, Gray Poet" is gaining admirers daily; his Leaves of Grass is destined to live forever as a representative classic of a bold and rythmic style of versification peculiarly his own. The Children of the World This version had four editions from its publication to the year 1673 inclusive, notwithstanding the versification is uncommonly scabrous. A History of English Poetry: an Unpublished Continuation But except with Malherbe, there had been no attempt to fashion French versification according to rule or method. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" To Beckford, Bocage was “a powerful genius,” and Link was struck by his nervous expression, harmonious versification and the fire of his poetry. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" The opinion of this eminent critic has lately been controverted by Dr. Nott, who maintains the versification of Chaucer to have been wholly founded on accentual and not syllabic regularity. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 They have a form of their own, like other ballads, and are not a degenerate form of R�mur or a mere versification of some old Icelandic legends. Stories and Ballads of the Far Past Translated from the Norse (Icelandic and Faroese) with Introductions and Notes Grammar comes next; at El Azhar the word includes logic, rhetoric, composition, versification, elocution, and other branches. Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu He holds a well-defined place in French literature, as the first who reduced its versification to rule, and taught the value of workmanship for its own sake. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" They are distinguished by purity and elevation of sentiment, ease and strength of diction, and harmony of versification. Lives of Celebrated Women He had a command of words and much skill in versification, but he is pleonastic and fond of complicated metres and of ending his lines with the same syllable. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" Read of his life in England and in Italy; speak of his friendships; study his philosophy; discuss his versification; show his different styles of work; have many illustrative readings. The Complete Club Book for Women Including Subjects, Material and References for Study Programs; together with a Constitution and By-Laws; Rules of Order; Instructions how to make a Year Book; Suggestions for Practical Community Work; a Resume of what Some Clubs are Doing, etc., etc. The poem demands a brief critical consideration as to its season, its argument, its imagery, its style, its versification, its comparative place and merit, and, lastly, the genius of its author. Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes Dryden's version is indeed what Warton has pronounced it to be—"the most animated and harmonious piece of versification in the English language." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 He possessed the same fruitful invention, the same diversified conception, the same inexhaustible fancy as the Grecian bard; and in melody and occasional beauty of versification, he is often his superior. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 This manuscript is a versification of the Gospels dating from the 9th century. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" The harmony of their versification is often very considerable; their language is supple, picturesque, and varied, and the moral atmosphere which they breathe is one of agreeable refinement and civilisation. A Short History of French Literature This he does in 'The Shepherd's Week,' a sham pastoral, which is full of wit and easy versification, and shows very considerable talents as a parodist. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 Here he has acquired his own art and his own style of versification, which is here to be studied accordingly. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 It is the perfection of our conceptions of chivalry, mingled with the picturesque machinery of antiquity and romantic imagery of the East, told with the exquisite beauty of European versification. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 One of the latter on Llywelyn ab Gruffydd is a good example of the elaborate and artificial nature of Welsh versification. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" Their versification is pleasing to the ear, and their language, considering its age, is of surprising strength, expressiveness, and even wealth. A Short History of French Literature They imitate La Fontaine’s free versification and they are written in iambics of varying length. An Outline of Russian Literature The force of this description is borne out by the fact that the distinction between the versification of French tragedy and that of French comedy seems at times imperceptible. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" He is repulsed by the intolerably harsh and crabbed versification, by the recondite choice of theme and expression, and by the oddity of the thought. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" The metres employed in the poems show the influence of the English system of versification. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" The sextine, in six stanzas of identical and complicated versification, is the stateliest of all Provençal forms. A Short History of French Literature Still more remote from the popular notion, and far more emphatic, are the characteristics of Irish Gaelic versification of which there were many kinds. The Revival of Irish Literature Addresses by Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, K.C.M.G, Dr. George Sigerson, and Dr. Douglas Hyde The influences of Shakespeare’s diction and versification upon those of the English drama in general can hardly be overrated, though it would be next to impossible to state them definitely. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" The style of Diphilus was simple and natural, and his language on the whole good Attic; he paid great attention to versification, and was supposed to have invented a peculiar kind of metre. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" When departing, a bard was expected to leave a sample of his versification behind him. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" Didon is something of an advance in versification, as has been pointed out, but in other respects it is perhaps inferior to Cléopâtre. A Short History of French Literature Their versification is smooth, and they generally scan accurately: the ideas are expressed pithily, at times epigrammatically and wittily. Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series His finest play is undoubtedly David and Bethsabe, which resembles Edward I. in construction, but far surpasses it in beauty of language and versification, besides treating its subject with greatly superior dignity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" Regardless, therefore, of Spanish pronunciation, the translator has accented Gran�da, Ev�ra, etc. in the manner which seemed to him to give most dignity to English versification. The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem His great facility at versification has enabled him to fill the ear with a copious stream of pleasant sound. Margaret Fuller (Marchesa Ossoli) But his language, and in part his versification, are romantic, though quieter in style than those of most of his companions, whom it must be remembered he for the most part forestalled. A Short History of French Literature The normal type, as it may almost be called, of English versification is the metre of ten-syllabled rhymed lines designated as heroic couplet. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" In his Nuptial Song, youths and maidens are represented as contending with each other in improvised versification. Roman Women In Homer and Virgil's lists of slain warriors, Dryden and Pope have omitted several names which would have rendered English versification dull and tiresome. The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem The poems in this volume may be termed fugitive pieces, rhymes twined and dropped in the pathway of a life too busy for much versification. Margaret Fuller (Marchesa Ossoli) They rank with the very best mediaeval poetry in colour, in lively painting of manners and feelings, and in grace of versification. A Short History of French Literature Its two hundred lines show the finished versification of the scholar, with much poetic grace. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 It was not unusual for a nun to become proficient in Latin versification and to correspond in that language with others of a similar literary taste and training. Women of England The translator of the Lusiad hopes he may for once say, that he has not been inattentive to this great essential of good versification: how he has succeeded the judicious only must determine. The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem Meantime, the cautious student will hesitate to put too much stress on any single point of departure for the new style of versification. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History Racine himself, independently of his dramas, and the choruses inserted in them, wrote some poetry, chiefly religious, which has his usual characteristics of refinement in language and versification. A Short History of French Literature In the more artificial eighteenth century his harsh and abrupt versification and remote theorems made him difficult to understand. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 Inferior to the Pastorals of Pope in polish and versification, the Pastorals of Philips are, on the whole, superior in their substance. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition The reader will, in the next place, attend to the versification, or music, in which the thoughts are conveyed. The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2 Part Four contains extracts from important critical writers on the place and function of the verse-element in poetry,—matters which give us the raison d'être for the whole study of versification. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History But Lamartine made little, if any, organic change in the mechanism of French poetry, so far as its versification is concerned, while his want of range in subject equally disabled him from effecting a revolution. A Short History of French Literature After the Arab conquest, as a defence to the threatened church, language and nationality, versifications of the Proverbs, of Solomon’s Song and of various legends were composed, with other religious songs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" In a letter of his to Mr. Walsh about this time, we find an enumeration of several niceties in versification, which perhaps have never been strictly observed in any English poem, except in these Pastorals. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition So far respecting the plan, the execution, the versification, and style. The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2 The element of Pitch is not ordinarily included in the treatment of versification, as it is not ordinarily recognized as having any significance peculiar to verse. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History But his choric odes are of great beauty, and his tirades, disproportionate as they are, show a considerable advance in the power of indicating character as well as in style and versification. A Short History of French Literature They have sounded the depths of versification, and beside their refined, consummate facture Musset's simple devices and good-natured prosody seem to belong to a primitive stage of art. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. Windsor Forest has rather more variety in its versification than is usual with Pope. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition These final examples suggested to me to compose the following German epitaph, which contains just as many final e’s, and which I think no German would find to have anything peculiar in the versification: The Lay of Havelok the Dane On the whole, however, the theory that versification is not an indispensable requisite of a poem seems to have become nearly obsolete in our time. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History It is indeed in his versification that both the strength and the weakness of Racine lie, and in this respect he is an exact analogue to the poets mentioned above. A Short History of French Literature The poem is dull and tasteless, devoid of imagination, a poor imitation of Homer, and has little to recommend it except its harmonious versification, based upon the technical rules of Nonnus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" There are a few, a very few, happy lines and expressions, but the bulk of the versification is not much above mediocrity, and is frequently below it. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition His versification is correct—his sentiment is good. The London Pulpit Sidney's experiments in the classical versification are perhaps the most successful, to modern taste, of all those made in the Elizabethan period. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History His versification, careless as it looks, is really studied with a great deal of care and success. A Short History of French Literature Endowed with an extraordinary gift of versification, she began by writing short poems, chiefly on the joys and sorrows of love, expressing sometimes her own sentiments, sometimes those of others for whom she wrote. Of Six Mediæval Women To Which Is Added A Note on Mediæval Gardens Pope has imitated this piece with his usual elegance of diction and harmony of versification; but, in the mean time, he has not only misrepresented the story, but marred the character of the poem. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition "Spring" is striking in point of thought, but the versification should flow more smoothly, and the diction here and there needs correction. Elizabeth Gilbert and Her Work for the Blind See his Life of Pope, and especially the Idler for June 9, 1759, in which he describes Minim the critic as reading "all our poets with particular attention to this delicacy of versification." English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History His unequalled versification is a weapon which he could not exchange for the less pointed tool of prose without losing much of his power. A Short History of French Literature This scheme of versification is used chiefly in excited discussions, where the speakers are hurried along by the eagerness of their feelings.”—Haigh, Minor Poems by Milton I ought also to mention a neglected poem, not neglected on account of its versification, but on account of its title and subject—Prior's Solomon. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition The careful melody of the versification and the exact felicity of the diction exclude, it may be, those highest flights which create most enthusiasm, at any rate in this century. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) We come now to the author’s taste in versification. Life of John Keats Marie's graceful style and her easy versification are very noticeable here, while her morals are often well deduced and sharply put. A Short History of French Literature Their versification is mostly very sweet, though rather flowing forth according to a certain fine natural sense of melody, than constructed on any principles of music. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) This will not hold a moment in versification. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition But in all other respects his versification is by far the most perfect of any English poet, and results in a harmony positively incomparable. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) Professor Skeat points out a unique characteristic of Clanvowe’s versification, namely, the unprecedented freedom with which he employs the suffix of the final -e, and rather avoids than seeks elision. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" Somewhat earlier, Hermann of Valenciennes was a fertile author of this sort of work, composing a great Bible de Sapience or versification of the Old Testament, and a large number of lives of saints. A Short History of French Literature His versification may be monotonous, but without a sweet and potent charm only to ears of leather. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) Let us however confess, that the versification is truly wonderful, considering the age of the author. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition The writer of the following little history has presumed to borrow the peculiar style of versification from Longfellow’s celebrated Song of Hiawatha. The Song of Lancaster, Kentucky to the statesmen, soldiers, and citizens of Garrard County. This was at once an exercise in versification, and a test of the kind of poetry for which he was by temperament fitted. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 Its versification has more vigour than that of almost any other Roman d'Aventures. A Short History of French Literature Weakness in versification is want of accent and emphasis. English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century The translation of the first book of the Thebais must be more highly estimated as a specimen of versification than as an adequate representation of the original. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition The language and versification are beautiful and varied, and we strongly recommend all Italian students to leave, with all due respect, Tasso and Petrarch for a while, and read a page of Giovanni Berchet. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 In this respect, “the business of the state does him offence.”—His versification is no less powerful, sweet, and varied. Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature The versification is easy and natural; the dialogue abounds in wit and comic humor; it is short and quick, with none of those tedious declamations which weary and unsettle the attention of an audience. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 Of Spenser’s and Coleridge’s versification it is the prevailing characteristic. English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century Pope has nowhere copied the free and easy versification, and the narrative style of Dryden's Fables, so happily as in this pleasant tale. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition If we read in order of composition those plays which we have already succeeded in dating, we shall find certain habits of versification steadily growing on the author, as play succeeded play. An Introduction to Shakespeare Milton has himself given us the theory of his versification— “Such as the meeting soul may pierce In notes with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out.” Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature Here he became conspicuous for his classical knowledge, and his great powers of versification, which gave promise of future excellence. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. It might, indeed, be objected to the versification of Milton, that it exhibits too constant a perfection of this kind. English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century The advantage of modern language and versification would have rendered it easy for a man less gifted than him to improve on isolated passages, but the free fancy and picturesqueness of Chaucer are wanting. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition No other man changed as much as he in one lifetime, but the whole system of dramatic versification was changing. An Introduction to Shakespeare We were speaking," said the professor calmly, "of the versification of Chaucer. Seven Keys to Baldpate I asked him if, with regard to French versification, Victor Hugo agreed with him. Memoirs of Life and Literature Cowper and Walter Scott, on the other hand, are slovenly in their versification. English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century Notwithstanding the early time of their production, the author esteemed these as the most correct in the versification, and musical in the numbers, of all his works. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition Such is the internal evidence from the various changes in versification. An Introduction to Shakespeare Most of the subjects are taken from the Old Testament or the New, and the versification embraces a great variety of metres, with the ease and sweetness almost peculiar to female writers. The Baptist Magazine, Vol. 27, January, 1835 He had strong literary tastes, and firmly believed that he understood the art of French versification better than Victor Hugo. Memoirs of Life and Literature The solemnity of the versification is impressive, and the satire equally dignified and keen. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors Johnson declared that the versification of the Pastorals had "no precedent, nor has since had an imitation." The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition He studied at Reims, where he is said to have received some lessons in the art of versification from Guillaume de Machaut, who is stated to have been his uncle. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" Mrs. Renshaw maintains her high place as a philosophical and expressionistic bard, though hampered by unusual theories of spontaneous versification. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 His next poem of any consequence, The Last Day, written in heroic couplets, and filling three books, is correct, or fairly so, in versification, and execrable in taste. The Age of Pope (1700-1744) An impartial satire on them all; and by its good sense and heavy versification, is so much in the manner of George Wither, that some have conjectured it to be that singular author’s. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors Lord Kames, on the contrary, asserted that Pope was "eminent for variety of versification," and that the variety of his pauses was the source of the "variety of his melody." The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition Hence, I think, its lack of formal completeness of versification in certain passages, and also of the imperfection in its text, the thought in which the compositors were not always able to follow and apprehend. The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 The labour of real versification will be more arduous, but the fruits will prove richer in proportion. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 Like Gray several years later, he declared that he learnt versification wholly from his works. The Age of Pope (1700-1744) A mere critical opinion on versification was thus sacrificed to political feeling:—a stream indeed which in its course has hardly yet worked itself clear. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors New sentiments and new images," says Johnson, in his Life of Pope, "others may produce; but to attempt any further improvement of versification will be dangerous. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition Two of his poems are worth reading, one because its versification is well managed, and the other because its story is simple and naturally told. The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 In the second stanza it appears that the authoress, through the exigencies of versification, has fallen into the paradox of calling the "fair green shoots" "roots!" Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 The following lines afford a fair illustration of the style throughout, and the sole merit of the poem is the smoothness of versification in which Pope excelled. The Age of Pope (1700-1744) You may, however, be safely defied to pronounce them, with truth, deficient either in strength or melody of versification! Calamities and Quarrels of Authors He seldom trusts himself to be lyrical, and when he does his versification is nearly as monotonous as it is in his narrative poetry. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) The kind of versification which I have just cited is evidently anterior to our conquest, as is also the above-mentioned air, which is adjusted to it. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 40 of 55 1690-1691 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century The versification is bold, and in places rugged, whilst the imagery is appropriately grim and sardonic. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 It displays great facility in versification, and a love of country delights. The Age of Pope (1700-1744) By your first criticism, polished numbers, if you mean melodious versification, this perhaps the general ear will not deny me. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors Assuming that a man can find perfect satisfaction in the versification of the 'Essay on Man,' we can understand his saying of 'Lycidas,' that 'the diction is harsh, the rhymes uncertain, and the numbers unpleasing.' Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) Cowper was not a great poet; but he was the first to abandon the mechanical versification and conventional phrases of the artificial poets, to find inspiration and guidance in nature. Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer Hereafter we hope to touch upon didactic, argumentative, and persuasive writing; to investigate to some extent the sources of rhetorical strength and elegance; and to consider a few major aspects of versification. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 The merits with which Swift's verse is credited are, therefore, not poetical merits, unless we accept what Schlegel calls the miserable doctrine of Boileau, that the essence of poetry consists in diction and versification. The Age of Pope (1700-1744) Farmer has a long note here on the versification of Lydgate and Chaucer. Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare All the license he took was that of selection and versification. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) The versification is based upon a principle not commonly practised—that of counting the number of accentuated words in a line instead of the number of syllables. Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer Whether or not the latter feature be monotonous, all must admit that the versification is attractive. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 The ear may detect a certain rhythm, but where are the set lengths of orthodox versification? Flowers of Freethought (First Series) This little book is full of grace, its versification is melodious, and has the genuine poetic ring about it, which is as rare as it is acceptable. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, February 8, 1890 Locksley Hall is a piece of splendid versification, but the hero is a prig, which is a shade worse than a Philistine. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) The result is an irregular, but strangely beautiful harmony of a kind that can hardly be attained through the ordinary methods of versification. Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer The music of versification has endless varieties of measures, and rhyme lends enchantment to them all. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 He soon distinguished himself by the facility and elegance of his Latin versification. Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 The versification is easy and genteel, and the allusions always poetical. The Poetical Works of William Collins With a Memoir Before him was paper, partly covered with well-nigh illegible versification, and a bottle of ink, while a goose-quill, tool of the tuneful Nine, was expectantly poised in mid air. The Strollers With reference to the versification of this poem, see what is said of the Spenserian stanza, page 232. Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer He was gaily alert, keen-eyed and watchful, keeping time to the long lope with that dubious versification. The Treasure Trail A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine With all its pomp of language and melody of versification, its richness of imagery and magnificence of diction, Pope's Homer is widely different from the original. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 But whatever were the numbers or the versification of this ode, the imagery and enthusiasm it contains could not fail of rendering it delightful. The Poetical Works of William Collins With a Memoir Questions are asked on the dramatic structure of this scene, on versification, on the meaning of words and expressions now obsolete, on peculiarities of syntax, and finally a question or two on a character portrayal. College Teaching Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College The versification of the "Faerie Queene" is based upon the ottava rima, made so popular in Italian poetry by Tasso and Ariosto. Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer As signaled by his undertaking a more intricately rhymed stanza than he attempted in his first poem, Barksted's versification and composition in the second poem are superior. Seven Minor Epics of the English Renaissance (1596-1624) After all, a high ecclesiastic cannot sit still and listen to profane condemnation of one of the Psalms of David, even if it has undergone versification at the hands of Dr. Watts. The Red Hand of Ulster So, too, of the Alexandrine in English versification. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 1 January 1848 I heard him sing a Gaelic poem of his own composition, containing twenty-five verses of intricate versification, and at the conclusion he was far less exhausted than any of the company. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland This opinion, however, was certainly not long maintained by the poet, for he never afterward practised that form of versification which he has here praised. Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer I. It is very obvious, that the first and principal objection to the antiquity of these poems is the smoothness of the versification. Cursory Observations on the Poems Attributed to Thomas Rowley (1782) The Boy’s earliest attempts at versification were found, the other day, in an old desk, and at the end of almost half a century. A Boy I Knew and Four Dogs In this work we find great improvement in both taste and versification, and the rather uninviting subject is treated and embellished in a way that makes his fame rest in great part on the poem. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History Nobody had less tendency to indulge in versification. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice This is the "Spenserian stanza," a form of versification very popular with many of our later poets. Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer The versification is too modern; the language often too ancient. Cursory Observations on the Poems Attributed to Thomas Rowley (1782) In another cheap magazine, professing to be devoted wholly to stories, he hoped for a breathing-space, and was tasked by nothing less familiar than Swift's versification of a well-known maxim of La Rouchefoucauld. Imaginary Interviews At a very early age the little lad exhibited a precocious talent for versification. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History But they still impress with their flow of vitality, their directness and power of versification, and their frequent beauty. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 As regards their metre and versification, the ballads were commonly composed of iambic hexameters or heptameters rhyming in couplets. Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer He was a diligent cultivator of learning, but, as his blunted talent was not suited to rhetoric, he devoted himself to versification; in which, however, he did nothing worth speaking of. The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens They were certainly known before the time of Aratus, for his poem was confessedly a versification of an account of them written by Eudoxus more than a hundred years previous. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture It is used by Latin and English grammarians in a wider sense, and includes not only the doctrines of accent and quantity, but also the laws of metre and versification. A Handbook of the English Language This is seen in the personal attacks made in many of them, as well as in the αἰσχρολογία employed, and also in the versification. The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Moved by this reasoning, we have always preferred to follow, as nearly as we could, the exact versification, and even the most minute varieties of tone and metrical accentuation. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 Equally characteristic is his versification, varying as it does from passages of melodic smoothness and grace to lines as strident, broken, and harsh as the thought they dramatically reflect. Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning The readers then call her attention to the solid columns of the other papers, and the versification of the World. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II Immanuel Romi, for example, at his best, is an exponent of Proven�al versification and scholastic philosophy, while his lapses testify to the self-complacency and levity characteristic of the times. Jewish Literature and Other Essays A sensitive ear had given her admirable imitative powers in versification, and her father, before dissipation had dulled his intellect, had been a man of rare cultivation and literary taste. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 The charm of 'Gwen' is to be found in the limpid clearness of the versification, in the pathetic notes which tell the old story of true love wounded and crushed. Gycia A Tragedy in Five Acts Indeed, he confessed that he had already begun the work of versification. A Book About Lawyers The littérateurs of his era looked up to him as the arbiter elegantiarum, especially in the domain of Japanese versification. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era This principle of parallelism of clauses underlies the whole of versification in Scriptural literature. Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature Ba�f elaborated a system for regulating French versification by quantity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" The style is extremely good, the expression being terse and pointed, the versification correct and elegant, and the construction of the stories is fully equal to that in the prose versions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Nor were the characters and minor details generally of this group less disorderly and inadequate than the general schemes or the versification. A History of Elizabethan Literature No parallel to this kind of versification has been found yet in the literature of any other nation. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era My master's anger was raised to a terrible pitch by my indifference to his concerns, and still more by the reports which were brought to him of my presumptuous attempts at versification. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 6, June 1810 Claude Binet tells how young Ba�f, bred on Latin and Greek, smoothed out the tiresome beginnings of the Greek language for Ronsard, who in return initiated his companion into the mysteries of French versification. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" The “lax and lawless versification” of this type of v poetry, he wrote in the Life of Cowley, “concealed the deficiencies of the barren, and flattered the laziness of the idle.” A Pindarick Ode on Painting Addressed to Joshua Reynolds, Esq. His versification profited by this personal or literary familiarity. A History of Elizabethan Literature Perhaps some lines that occurred to me will suggest the thing to you—you recall my old knack for versification? Humorous Ghost Stories Another child improved somewhat upon the versification— The witch’s cat was as black as her hat, As black as her hat was he. The New Education A Review of Progressive Educational Movements of the Day (1915) In his fourteenth year he was apprenticed to a printer, and learned the first The poet's early career principles of versification while setting up the poems of André Chenier. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) And to this the pleasure we receive from the rhimes and alliterations of modern versification; the source of which without this key would be difficult to discover. The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society A Poem, with Philosophical Notes A perusal justifies the worst that has been said of them: though Goff wrote early enough to escape the Caroline dry-rot in dramatic versification. A History of Elizabethan Literature Polished versification would no doubt have told more in that quarter. Tom Brown at Oxford This is the angle, the true situation; Get me, I pray, for I'm putting you hep: While I've been fooling with versification Time has been flying.... Something Else Again His command of the secrets of rhythm and a subtle versification give his lines a firm delicacy and beauty of pattern. Modern British Poetry Mr. Henley has a pretty gift of versification, but it is spoiled by a wearisome proneness to smartness, and an assumption of personal superiority that occasionally reaches the heights of the ludicrous. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, May 20, 1893 Nor was he less a master of versification than of vocabulary. A History of Elizabethan Literature In which pursuit, though not yet a fellow, perhaps he was qualifying himself better for a fellowship than he could have done by any amount of cramming for polish in his versification. Tom Brown at Oxford There were, however, instances of versification which may properly be called poetry. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests At parting, the Bishop took the Curate most kindly by the hand, and recommended him by all means to cultivate the amiability of versification. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 Besides this, we know that the talent for versification, at least as imitation, is very early in developing. Essay on the Creative Imagination Alexander had indeed more power of sustained versification than his friend Drummond, though he hardly touches the latter in point of the poetical merit of short isolated passages and poems. A History of Elizabethan Literature Very odd! chapters tallying, and verses so nearly: is the versification rightly managed? A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II While the verse is not strictly imitative in the sense that it preserves exactly the Old English system of versification, it aims to maintain the general movement of the original lines. The Translations of Beowulf A Critical Bibliography The flow of the versification in this speech seems to demand the trochaic ending - u; while the text blends jingle and hisses to the annoyance of less sensitive ears than Fletcher's—not to say, Shakespeare's. Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher It appeared about 1820, and was satirical of course—hitting off many peculiarities of versification, if no more. Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti For melody of versification, for richness of images, for curious felicity of expression, these cannot be surpassed. A History of Elizabethan Literature It is true that Isabella, pleading to Angelo in the second Act, speaks as a believing Christian on the point of forgiveness for sins; and the versification here is quite Shaksperean. Montaigne and Shakspere ‘Moreover, the iambic pentameter lends itself well to division into hemistichs, the principal characteristic of the ancient epic versification.’ The Translations of Beowulf A Critical Bibliography As to the language and versification, it is in blank verse, and the style is considered by Russians as admirable for ease and flexibility. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 Polished and graceful to an uncommon degree in its versification, this little poem exhibits a fine contemplative vein, and a pervading tone of genuine pathos. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 Marlowe came, and the old wooden versification, the old lay-figure structure of poetic rhythm, was cast once for all into the lumber-room, where only poetasters of the lowest rank went to seek it. A History of Elizabethan Literature As versification, as language, his poem is fine, splendid, supreme, above all other poetry books; but as sense, what is it? Castellinaria and Other Sicilian Diversions The remainder of the second book is given to the various forms of poetry,—the canzone, the ballata, the sonnet,—and to the rules of versification. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 But believing Speght's text to be accurate, Dryden could not but believe in the artlessness and irregularity of Chaucer's versification. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 Esther is a melodious play, exquisite in its refined style and delicate versification; but the characters are faintly drawn. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. So stumbling and knock-kneed is his verse that any one who remembers the admirable versification of Chaucer may now and then be inclined to think that Wyatt had much better have left his innovations alone. A History of Elizabethan Literature A faulty versification deserves censure in all of them: 'Hast thou seen the down in the air, When wanton blasts have tossed it? The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy In like manner, most Oxford undergraduates, forty years ago, when they would write poetry, adopted the versification of Pope Darwin, and the Pleasures of Hope, which had been made popular by Heber and Milman. The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin It may be added, that Gray, before the appearance of Tyrwhitt's essay on the versification of Chaucer, had adopted without hesitation the same hypothesis. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 In his versification he attained new and alluring harmonies; he escaped from the rhythmical uniformity of eighteenth-century verse, gliding sinuously from line to line and from strophe to strophe. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. He compared ‘The Vision of Kubla Khan’ to ‘Lycidas’ for harmony of versification!! The Greville Memoirs (Second Part) A Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1852 (Volume 1 of 3) The versification is defective, but the satire is piquant, and no doubt discriminating and just. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Pope, again, is said to have tuned our versification. The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin They are, doubtless, vestiges of the old rhythmical forms; and we may readily allow that English versification had not, in the fifteenth or even sixteenth centuries, the numerical regularity of classical or Italian metre. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 Boileau's gift for the vivid presentation of visible detail, and his skill in versification, served him here better than did his choice of a subject. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. His own confession, that, even during the time when he had laid aside the habit of versification, he did sometimes commit "a sonnet on a mistress's eyebrow," had not then appeared. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume I (of 10) This misery, however, was not of long continuance; he grew, by degrees, more acquainted with Homer’s images and expressions, and practice increased his facility of versification. The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II Crabbe, for instance, turned back to a versification having much more of Dryden in it; and Byron, in spite of his high opinion of Pope, threw into his lines the rhythm of blank verse. The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin This copious, and, possibly, tedious grammatical display of this once active metrical element, was forced from us as the only proper answer to the doubt revived in our own day on the versification of Chaucer. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 For imaginative power of a very high order, for the true tragic spirit, for exquisitely melodious versification, for that faculty of song which is the flower of the lyric genius, Beddoes was pre-eminently distinguished. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873 The boy's talent for versification was encouraged, and some of his productions were recited at school and published in the poet's corner of the local newspaper. American Men of Mind He does not confine himself to his author’s train of stanzas: for he saw that the difference of the languages required a different mode of versification. The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II As a scholar he displayed no remarkable amount of capacity, but was fond of general reading and much given to versification. Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in Verse Afterward they were reissued in Boston and met with warm commendations for the nobility of sentiment and smooth versification. A Little Girl in Old Boston It is true of him, as of no other writer, that his language and versification adapt themselves to every phase of sentiment, and sound every note in the scale of felicity. A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles It has just occurred to me that you could give me a hint or two at versification. Lavengro The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest Lord Lyttelton’s poems are the works of a man of literature and judgment, devoting part of his time to versification. The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II He gave them Doctor Watts’ versification of it to commit to memory, and repeated it with them in concert. Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel There is no doubt that a system of versification has taken root among us very different from that which was in use in the earlier days of our poetry. The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] Introduction and Publisher's Advertising If there was little encouragement for the translator to experiment with new solutions of the problems of versification, there was equally little latitude allowed him in the other division of his peculiar province, diction. Early Theories of Translation They show the Shakespeare of the dramas mainly in their revelation of a remarkable power of detailed observation and their richness of phrase and fluency of versification. The Facts About Shakespeare But, though he was thus careful of his versification, he did not oppress his powers with superfluous rigour. The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II Of versification he considered himself the inventor, and as having therefore an exclusive right to use it, in conversation or on paper. Little Tora, The Swedish Schoolmistress and Other Stories It is to be feared that a result of two centuries of such a practice has been to bring about an idea of Shakespearian versification very different from Shakespeare’s. The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] Introduction and Publisher's Advertising "The thought and contrivance are his author's, but his language and the turn166 of his versification are his own." Early Theories of Translation But most of the poems are deformed by harshness of versification, feebleness of thought, and every species of bad writing. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844 Volume 23, Number 5 New sentiments, and new images, others may produce; but to attempt any further improvement of versification 345will be dangerous. The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II The care for truth—Good sense of Chaucer—His language and versification—Chaucer and the Anglo-Saxons—Chaucer and the French 312 V. Last Years.—Chaucer, A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Of course we do not mean to give here an essay on Shakespearian versification. The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] Introduction and Publisher's Advertising He finds Chapman's Homer characterized by "harsh numbers ... and a monstrous length of verse," and thinks his own period "a much better age than was the last ... for versification and the art of numbers." Early Theories of Translation It has, therefore, not been my aim to produce smooth monotonous numbers, but to harmonize the whole versification with the spirit and conditions of the theme. Athaliah A Tragedy, Intended For Reading Only, Translated Into English Blank Verse, From Racine (A. Gombert's Edition, 1825) Pitt, engaging as a rival with Dryden, naturally observed his failures, and avoided them; and, as he wrote after Pope’s Iliad, he had an example of an exact, equable and splendid versification. The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II The fusion of the two versifications was as gradual as that of the two vocabularies had been. A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance We will only state some of the differences between Shakespearian versification and that which has now become our normal prosody; namely, such as have excited an ambition of correcting in later editors. The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] Introduction and Publisher's Advertising And in the meantime, here is an antidote to "French Conscripts" and much other doleful versification. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) His versification is at once the most smooth and the most sounding in the language. A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 To his versification, justice requires that praise should not be denied. The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II The first fragment alone might, on account of its style and versification, be the work of Chaucer, but this is only a surmise, and we have no direct proof of it. A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Then, too, Whittier was poor, and his gift of versification, which had already given him quite a reputation, was not considered in those days of much consequence as a means of livelihood. The Romance of Old New England Rooftrees At twelve, I took to versification, for which the swinging couplets of English Bards and Scotch Reviewers supplied the model. Fifteen Chapters of Autobiography Yet Fontenelle did not find in this translation the prevailing charm of the original, which consists in that simplicity and naïveté which are lost in the pomp of versification so natural to Corneille. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 Prior excelled him in versification; but he was, like Horace, “inventore minor;” he had not Butler’s exuberance of matter and variety of illustration. The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II The legends combined in this collection, which came from the pen of Ferrers, are not distinguished by any high flights of poetic fancy, nor by a versification extremely correct or melodious. Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth The versification of the whole play, however, is peculiar, and this metrical anomaly may have been deliberate. The Principles of English Versification Leaving his Irish idiom, we get in the "Forester's Complaint" as harmonious versification, and in the "Forging of the Anchor" as vigorous thoughts, mounted on bounding words, as anywhere in the English literature. Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry In the days of Churchill, every month produced an effusion which tolerably imitated his slovenly versification, his coarse invective, and his careless mediocrity,—but the genius remained with the English Juvenal. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 Of versification he was not negligent: what he received 21from Dryden he did not lose; neither did he increase the difficulty of writing by unnecessary severity, but uses triplets and alexandrines without scruple. The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II His singular command of language, and, within his own limits, of versification, was turned to account by conscientious and unceasing labour in polishing his style. English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century To attempt, therefore, to twist these natural and exact rhythms to the formal predetermined patterns of traditional versification is a suicidal impertinence, foredoomed to failure. The Principles of English Versification There are four translations by him, exhibiting eminently his perfect mastery of versification—his flexibility of passion, from loneliest grief to the maddest humour. Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry But, really, if all the poems that have been written in its honour could be collected in one volume, what a prodigious tome it would be!—what a medley of versification it would present!” She and I, Volume 1 They are, however, told with liveliness; the versification is smooth; and the diction, though, now and 71then, a little constrained by the measure or the rhyme, is generally happy. The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II The poetry adopts Pope's versification, and implies the same ideal; the desire for lucidity, sympathy, moderation, and the qualities which would generally be connoted by classical. English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century The terms melody, harmony, and modulation, being borrowed from music, are not to be applied too literally to the art of versification. The Principles of English Versification Others, translated by sound Irish scholars, are bald and literal; the writers sometimes wanting a facility of versification, sometimes a mastery over the English language. Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry His wonderfully developed harmony of versification has never been approached by any later poet, except, in places, by Lérmontoff. A Survey of Russian Literature, with Selections Fenton’s profits are said to have amounted to near a thousand pounds, with which he discharged a debt contracted by his attendance at court. 57Fenton seems to have had some peculiar system of versification. The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II The latter poem is a magnificent day-dream, abounding in luscious imagery, and unrivalled for its minute descriptions of ideal scenery and its voluptuous music of versification, by any similar creation since Spenser's "Bower of Bliss." The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 The older writers on versification, leaning heavily on the traditional prosody of Greek and Latin, made much of the cæsura or pause, especially in blank verse. The Principles of English Versification Among the poets who lived in Rome she found teachers to instruct her in Italian versification and in writing sonnets, an art which was everywhere cultivated by women as well as men. Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day His "New and Brief Method of Composing Russian Verses" constituted an epoch in the history of Russian poetry, since therein was first set forth the theory of Russian tonic versification. A Survey of Russian Literature, with Selections The language is chaste and poetic, the versification is clear and melodious, and the mournfully pathetic strain that pervades the whole elegy harmonises well with the sorrowful character of the subject. The Death of Saul and other Eisteddfod Prize Poems and Miscellaneous Verses They have in good degree given up the pedantic follies of Latin versification and Hebrew orations. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. Metre, a regular, artificial, rhythmic pattern, the formal basis of versification. The Principles of English Versification The thoughts were fresh and glowing, the measure correct, the versification melodious. Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author The most important feature of all Lomonósoff's poetical productions is the fine, melodious language, which was a complete novelty at that time, together with smooth, regular versification. A Survey of Russian Literature, with Selections Independently of which, I question whether the versification is not, in point of harmony, too equal for either of them. Notes and Queries, Number 186, May 21, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. In the early Teutonic poetry there is no distinction of versification, vocabulary, or rhetoric between the original and the secondary narrative poems; the alliterative verse belongs to both kinds equally. Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature The 5-stress line, both rimed and unrimed, is the most flexible and best adapted to all kinds of subjects that English versification possesses. The Principles of English Versification The first of these singers were the troubadours, who were traveling minstrels especially gifted in versification and in music. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present In beauty of versification and plastic worth, Bátiushkoff had no predecessors in Russian literature, and no competitors in the school of Karamzín. A Survey of Russian Literature, with Selections Derrick's versifications are infamously bad; what think you of the Reviewers commending such an execrable performance? Boswell's Correspondence with the Honourable Andrew Erskine, and His Journal of a Tour to Corsica But though dull as a poem, it shows facility and talent for versification, breathes a warm aspiration for virtue and truth, and is creditable to the scholarship of its author. The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II But it does offer, on this one mooted point of versification, invaluable help. The Principles of English Versification Once more the magic spell of versification subjugated his soul, and he felt the full force of the sentiment of a contemporary poet—Verse is everything! The Child of Pleasure But his versification, his subject-matter are entirely independent of all preceding influences. A Survey of Russian Literature, with Selections Pray send me Derrick's versifications, which though they are undoubtedly very bad, I shall be glad to see, as sometimes people take a pleasure in beholding a man hanged. Boswell's Correspondence with the Honourable Andrew Erskine, and His Journal of a Tour to Corsica His versification is gnarled and twisted, and a perpetual strain upon the ear. Essays on Scandinavian Literature Most of the older discussions of English versification labored under two difficulties: an undue adherence to the traditions of Greek and Latin prosody more or less perfectly understood, and an exaggerated formalism. The Principles of English Versification There is no apparent reason, except their exquisite versification, why these particular pieces should have been here brought together. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" He abounds with obscure Greek myths, as well as Greek forms of expression, and the same pedantry infects even his versification. A Smaller History of Rome He declared that he had learnt versification wholly from Dryden's works, and always mentioned his name with reverence. Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series His ‘Marco Bozzaris’ is pronounced ‘a master-piece,’ and the ‘most perfect specimen of versification in American literature;’ and himself as possessing ‘a complete knowledge of the musical mysteries of his art.’ The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, February 1844 Volume 23, Number 2 For the only great and annihilating danger of writing on versification is dogmatism. The Principles of English Versification The versification, or rather the metrical system, which I have adopted, is an experiment, how far a successful one must be judged by others. Nala and Damayanti and Other Poems This poem shows a great improvement both in his taste and in his versification. A Smaller History of Rome And accordingly one may read in any collection of British poets innumerable pages of versification which—if you do not look too close—are exactly like Pope. Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series Possessed of a vigorous conception, a lofty fancy, intense energy of feeling, and remarkable powers of versification, his poetry is everywhere impressed with the most decided indications of genius. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Herein lies the whole art of versification, the whole psychology of poetic rhythm, the whole problem of metrical study and investigation. The Principles of English Versification As a poet, Pringle is chiefly remarkable for elegance of versification, perspicuity of sentiment, and deep and generous feeling. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Their merit consists in their versification, and in many natural and simple touches. A Smaller History of Rome The sole point worth notice in the Pastorals is the general sweetness of the versification. Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series We have inserted in the text Imlah's second version, as being somewhat smoother in versification. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Walt Mason saw the versification was artful instead of “bungling and crude,” but the Times critic knows a copy out of a “chanty book” when he sees it. The Dead Men's Song Being the Story of a Poem and a Reminiscent Sketch of its Author Young Ewing Allison His poetical talents first appeared in the composition of odes on classical subjects, which were distinguished alike by power of thought and smoothness of versification. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century His translations appear too much the offspring of haste and hunger: even his fables are ill-chosen tales, conveyed in an incorrect, though spirited versification. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II. Written in his youth, and yet when his powers of versification had reached their fullest maturity, they represent an element generally absent from his poetry. Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series They had, otherwise, as well as Spenser, who went before them, contributed much to the polishing and refining of the English versification. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part D. From Elizabeth to James I. He adopted an entirely new style of versification and music, derived from popular songs; and he and his successors in 34the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries wrote various proses for the Christmas festival. Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan His best production is the poem of "Wallace," written in his nineteenth year; though not free from defects, it contains many admirable descriptions of external nature, and displays much vigour of versification. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century As a poet, Emerson is careless in versification. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy He used, he said at another time, to take advantage of the "first heat," then correct by the original and other translations; and finally to "give it a reading for the versification only." Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series George Peele has left behind him a name associated with sweetness of versification and graceful pastoralism. The Growth of English Drama His diction has no where any pretensions to elegance or dignity; and he has scarcely ever condescended to give the grace of correctness or melody to his versification. Early Reviews of English Poets But this is not what constitutes his interest for us, which is moreover obscured by the tameness of his Miltonic-Thomsonian versification. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters Thackeray seems to have tumbled into versification by accident; writing it as amateurs do, a little now and again for his own delectation, and to catch the taste of partial friends. Thackeray The Pastorals have been seriously criticized; but they are, in truth, mere school-boy exercises; they represent nothing more than so many experiments in versification. Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series Peele's eminence as a dramatist, then, must be sought for in the two features of his work mentioned in our opening sentence, namely, sweetness of versification and graceful pastoralism. The Growth of English Drama These réunions were not without their influence in stimulating him to more ambitious efforts in versification. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century In this condition of things it may seem useless to found any claim for Poe on the ground of the exquisite mellifluousness of his versification. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters The general beat may be compared to the dactyl of ancient Greek and Roman versification. The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir The lad had already shown considerable powers of versification, and was soon employing them in the revision of some of the numerous compositions which amused Wycherley's leisure. Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series The following song is a wild rhapsody, miserably deficient in versification; but as the sentiments are the genuine feelings of my heart, for that reason I have a particular pleasure in conning it over. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham Of the latter, the supernatural machinery is singularly striking; in the former poem, much smooth and elegant versification is combined with powerful and vigorous description. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Among some rubbish, and much tawdry versification, there is occasional power, which, however, is insufficient to compensate for the general inferiority. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century The combinations, however, are as intricate as the versification just referred to. The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir This may be taken to confirm the common theory that Pope's versification was a mere mechanical trick. Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series I think the “Address” is in simplicity, harmony, and elegance of versification, fully equal to the “Seasons.” The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham It has the essential character of an epic, short of rhythm and versification. Studies in Early Victorian Literature He was especially impatient of indifferent versification; and, among his friends, rather discouraged than commended poetical composition. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Neither are there any attempts at rhyming nor at versification. The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir |
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