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[Conan]Metrical foot type: trochaic (+-)
Metrical foot number: tetrameter (4 feet) (catalectic)
Rhyme scheme: aabbccddee
Rhyme (stanza position): pair (aabb)
Syllable pattern: 7.7.7.7.7.7.7.7.7.7
Stanza: ten-line stanza
Notation symbols: | (foot boundary), || (caesura), / (metrical line boundary), + (metrically prominent), - (metrically non-prominent)
Metre: +-|+-|+-|+/ | Syllables: 7
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Metre: +-|+-|+-|+/ | Syllables: 7
Metre: +-|+-|+-|+/ | Syllables: 7
Metre: +-|+-|+-|+/ | Syllables: 7
Metre: +-|+-|+-|+/ | Syllables: 7
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[Conan]1.5 rehearse,] "Cf. "repeat their Chiefs and [...]" J. Bradshaw, 1891.
"Cf. "repeat their Chiefs and Loves." "Progress of Poesy," 60."
The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray: English and Latin. Edited with an introduction, life, notes and a bibliography by John Bradshaw. The Aldine edition of the British poets series. London: George Bell and sons, 1891, 262.2.1-6 Build ... verse,] "The expression is from "Lycidas":— [...]" J. Bradshaw, 1891.
"The expression is from "Lycidas":—
"He knewAnd before Milton we have it in Horace and Spenser:—
Himself to sing, and build the lofty rhyme."—10, 11.
"Seu condis amabile carmen."—Epistola, I. iii. 25.The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray: English and Latin. Edited with an introduction, life, notes and a bibliography by John Bradshaw. The Aldine edition of the British poets series. London: George Bell and sons, 1891, 262.
"To build with level of my lofty style."—Ruins of Rome, 2."
8.4 shivered] "shattered by lightning." J. Bradshaw, 1891.
"shattered by lightning."
The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray: English and Latin. Edited with an introduction, life, notes and a bibliography by John Bradshaw. The Aldine edition of the British poets series. London: George Bell and sons, 1891, 262.10.2 crimson] "See the "Fatal Sisters," 36, [...]" J. Bradshaw, 1891.
Works cited
- The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray: English and Latin. Edited with an introduction, life, notes and a bibliography by John Bradshaw. The Aldine edition of the British poets series. London: George Bell and sons, 1891.
Spelling has been modernized throughout, except in case of conscious archaisms. Contractions, italics and initial capitalization have been largely eliminated, except where of real import. Obvious errors have been silently corrected, punctuation has been supplied. The editor would like to express his gratitude to the library staff of the Göttingen State and University Library (SUB Göttingen) for their invaluable assistance.