Sonnet Lxxvi. The Critics Of Doctor Johnson's School[1] Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCAACBADEFEAG A H| Lo modern Critics emulously dare | A |
| Ape the great Despot throw in pompous tone | B |
| And massy words their true no meaning down | C |
| But while their envious eyes on Genius glare | A |
| While axioms false assiduously they square | A |
| In arrogant antithesis a frown | C |
| Lours on the brow of Justice to disown | B |
| The kindred malice with its mimic air | A |
| Spirit of Common Sense must we endure | D |
| The incrustation hard without the gem | E |
| Find in th' Anana's rind the wilding sour | F |
| The Oak's rough knots on every Osier's stem | E |
| The dark contortions of the Sybil bear | A |
| Whose inspirations never meet our ear | G |
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| In jargon like the following copied from a REVIEW are the works of Genius perpetually criticized in our public Prints Passion has not sufficient coolness to pause for metaphor nor has metaphor ardor enough to keep pace with passion Nothing can be less true Metaphoric strength of expression will burst even from vulgar and illiterate minds when they are agitated It is a natural effort of roused sensibility in every gradation from unlettered simplicity to the highest refinement Passion has no occasion to pause for metaphors they rush upon the mind which it has heated Similies it is true are not natural to strong emotion They are the result of spirits that are calm and at leisure to compare | A |
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| This idea is from a speech of Mr Burke's recorded by Boswell | H |
Anna Seward
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