...the strain when Zephyr gently blow?, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when lond surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough...slow: Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flics o'er the unbending corn, and skims along the main. Hear how Timotheus' varied lays surprise,...

...proclaims a principle, 'The Sound must seem an Eccho to the Sense' (line 365), then illustrates it: When Ajax strives, some Rock's vast Weight to throw,...so, when swift Camilla scours the Plain, Flies o'er th'unbending Corn, and skims along the Main. (II. 370-3) The Essay on Criticism is not, like most of...

...alexandrine. Like all the lines in this passage, it directs its energies toward a particular bit of narrative: When Ajax strives, some Rock's vast weight to throw,...so, when swift Camilla scours the Plain, Flies oe'r th'unbending Corn, and skims along the Main. Swift Camilla's fast six feet are uncontaminated by any...

...19.21o-11 t uev ... | 6<f>6aA".ot 8' . . . ). 11? Cf. Pope. A'vsfly 0n <nti<tsrn (1711): When A|ax strives some rock's vast weight to throw. The line...so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er uY unix-nding corn, and skims along the main. Another device of emphasis may be seen in lines which...

...of Pope, in which, illustrating the rule that 'the sound should be an echo to the sense', he says: When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw,...so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn or skims along the main. Essay on Criticism CHAPTER 34 Pythagoras, Egyptian Deities,...

...Sound must seem an Eccho to the Sense," asserts Pope before providing several illustrative examples: Soft is the Strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the...Surges lash the sounding Shore, The hoarse, rough Vfcrsishou'd like the Torrent TOUT. When Ajax strives, some Rocks' vast Weight to throw, The Line too...

...expressive form in poetry: 'Tis not enough no Harshness gives Offence, The Sound must seem an Eccho to the Sense. Soft is the Strain when Zephyr gently...Surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough Verse shou'd like the Torrent roar. When Ajax strives, some Rock's vast weight to throw, The Line too labours,...

...from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to the...hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar. It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know...

...harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense: Soft is the strain when Zephyr gendy blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows;...When Ajax strives, some rock's vast weight to throw, 370 The line too labours, and the words move slow; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies...

...Klanglichen): Tis not enough no Harshness give Offence, The Sound must seem an Eccho to the Sense, 365 Soft is the Strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the...Surges lash the sounding Shore, The hoarse, rough Verse shou'd like the Torrent roar. When Ajax strives, some Rock's vast Weight to throw, The Line too labours,...