It seems necessary that, if poetry is not to effect synthesis by way of the elaborate similes and coaxed metaphors … More
Tag: John Dryden
258. (John Dryden)
For John Dryden, the world tends towards fusion and confusion and it is for the poet to establish distinctions and … More
178. (John Dryden)
Since both are masters of the heroic couplet, both scathing satirists, how, it might be asked, does Dryden achieve effects … More
22. (John Dryden)
I was mostly in my right mind when I blustered, a few years ago, that John Dryden was among the … More