..."It is not enough that nothing offends the Ear, that the Verse be (as the French call it) Coulante but a good Poet will adapt the very Sounds, as well...Things he treats of. So that there is (if one may express it so) a Style of Sound: As in describing a gliding stream the Numbers shou'd run easy & flowing,...

...Dictionary of Stylist ics. London: Longman. Iconic uses of rhyme Max Nanny University of Zurich . . .a good poet will adapt the very Sounds, as well as Words, to the Thing treated. (John Dryden Essays 1926:1, 107) i. Introduction Since the emergence of the vernaculars,...

...certain Niceties, which, tho' not much observed even by correct versifiers, I cannot but think deserve to be better regarded. "i. It is not enough that nothing...things he treats of. So that there is (if one may express it so) a Style of Sound. As in describing a gliding stream, the numbers should run easy and...