...how he writes. As Milton found it necessary to his purpose in his great poem to reject rhyme, as " the invention of a barbarous age, to set off wretched matter and lame metre," so Whitman thought it was necessary to his purpose to cast aside the technique of the schools as too...

...verses as in his earlier poems; no rhymes, which he now called " the jingling sounds of like endings," "the invention of a barbarous age to set off wretched matter and lame metre." At first he thought of taking the British King Arthur for the hero of his work, but finally chose a...

...dictatorial remarks. Adjunct or true Ornament of Poem or good Verse, in longer Works especially, but the Invention of a barbarous Age, to set off wretched Matter and lame Meeter. It was thus, obeying humanistic and Italian influences, that Surrey, followed by Sackville,...

...Jarre with time, Still may reason warre with rime Resting never, &c., &c. Milton condemns rhyme as " the Invention of a barbarous Age, to set off wretched matter and lame metre ; grac't indeed since by the use of some famous modern Poets, carried away by custom, but much to their...

...against rime as "the invention of a barbarous age to set off wretched matter and lame metre," and as "a thing of itself, to all judicious ears, trivial and of no musical delight " ; his definition of true metre as consisting " in apt numbers, fit quantity of syllables,...

...being no necessary adjunct or true ornament of poem or good verse, in longer works especially, but the invention of a barbarous age to set off wretched matter and lame metre ; graced indeed since by the use of some famous modern poets, carried away by custom, but much to their...

...being no necessavy Adjunct or true Ornament of Poem or good Verse, in longer Works especially, but the Invention of a barbarous Age, to set off wretched matter and lame Meeter ; grac't indeed since by the use of some famous modern Poets, carried away by Custom, but much...

...being no necessary adjunct or true ornament of poem or good verse, in longer works especially, but the invention of a barbarous age to set off wretched matter and lame metre; graced indeed since by the use of some famous modern poets, carried away by custom, but 10 much to...

...delight ... no necessary adjunct or true ornament of poem or good verse, in" longer works especially, but the invention of a barbarous age, to set off wretched matter and lame metre.' From Milton's time blank verse has been as common a form for narrative, didactic, or descriptive poetry,...

...writing in rhyme till he was past fifty, he finds it unsuitable for his epic, and it at once becomes "the invention of a barbarous age to set off wretched matter and lame metre." If the structure of his mind be undramatic, why, then, the English drama is naught, learned Jonson,...