Anglo-Saxon literatureRonald Press Company, 1960 - English literature From Anglo-Saxon times to the present, the poetry, prose, and dramatic achievements of each period in English literature. |
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Page 96
... ( rhyming ababbcc ) , known as " rhyme royal " because of its later use by James I of Scotland in his King's Quair ( if James I really was the author ) , and Chaucer handles it with a poise and a liquid flow of language that is something ...
... ( rhyming ababbcc ) , known as " rhyme royal " because of its later use by James I of Scotland in his King's Quair ( if James I really was the author ) , and Chaucer handles it with a poise and a liquid flow of language that is something ...
Page 175
... rhyme royal : its structure is borrowed from du Bellay's " Antiquités de Rome , " and its theme combines the general ... rhyming ababcc , it is more satirical than elegiac in tone and laments the decay of the arts and other abuses of the ...
... rhyme royal : its structure is borrowed from du Bellay's " Antiquités de Rome , " and its theme combines the general ... rhyming ababcc , it is more satirical than elegiac in tone and laments the decay of the arts and other abuses of the ...
Page 507
... rhyme royal stanzas ( hence the adjective " royal " ) , opens with a picture of the poet sleepless in bed , taking up Boethius to read and led by his reading to reflect on the uncertainties of fortune . He thinks how , unlike Boethius ...
... rhyme royal stanzas ( hence the adjective " royal " ) , opens with a picture of the poet sleepless in bed , taking up Boethius to read and led by his reading to reflect on the uncertainties of fortune . He thinks how , unlike Boethius ...
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