From Milton to Tennyson; Masterpieces of English Poetry
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Merch. of Venice, v. i. 57-8. the day-star = the sun. tricks; compare II Penseroso, 123. The simile in lines 16S-171 lias been used by innumerable poets; it must be confessed also that Milton's treatment, though very beautiful, is somewhat conventional. Notice Browning's more original and striking application of the same figure, at the close of his Waring. Oh, never star Was lost here but it rose afar ! Look east, where whole new thousands are ! In Vishnu-land what Avatar? 172-181. The imagery ...of this passage is drawn chietlv from the description of the New Jerusalem, Revelation XXI. and XXII. Is such imagery appropriately introduced in a poem of this kind.' nectar. This is certainly an inappropriate word in this passage, asso- ciated as it is with suggestions of Oh'mpian revelry. unexpres- sive = inexpressible, that is, too sweet for expression. Orlando describes his mistress as ' The fair, the chaste, the unexpressive she.' (As You Like It, iii. 2. 10). 182-185. Genius of the shore; compare II Penseroso, 154.
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