Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn : The first in loftiness of thought surpassed ; The next in majesty ; in both the last. The force of Nature could no further go, To make a third she joined the other two. THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D - Page 66by JAMES BOSWELL - 1892Full view - About this book
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...叶山e 协由而抑血gwoI 心够427 cur at the ends of lines, it is called end rhyme. For example, "Three poets, in three distant ages born, / Greece, Italy, and England did adom. " End rhyme is the commonest and most consciously sought-after sound repetition in English poetry.... | |
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