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... proem contains a number of subtle revalua- tions . Ovid immediately distinguishes the novelty of his epic sub- ject : Sandys highlighted the change in theme by beginning his translation : " Of bodies chang'd to other shapes I -156 ...
... proem contains a number of subtle revalua- tions . Ovid immediately distinguishes the novelty of his epic sub- ject : Sandys highlighted the change in theme by beginning his translation : " Of bodies chang'd to other shapes I -156 ...
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... proem represents a brilliant fusion of Virgilian syntax and English sense . The inversion of normal word order ( " Of Mans First Disobe- dience , ... Sing Heav'nly Muse " ) , the preponderance of relative clauses ( " whose mortal tast ...
... proem represents a brilliant fusion of Virgilian syntax and English sense . The inversion of normal word order ( " Of Mans First Disobe- dience , ... Sing Heav'nly Muse " ) , the preponderance of relative clauses ( " whose mortal tast ...
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... proem and Virgil's is the parallel between Virgil's epic sequence of “ a man fugitive from Troy . . . bat- tered by the gods ... until he could found a city " and Milton's sequence of " Mans First Disobedience ... loss of Eden ...
... proem and Virgil's is the parallel between Virgil's epic sequence of “ a man fugitive from Troy . . . bat- tered by the gods ... until he could found a city " and Milton's sequence of " Mans First Disobedience ... loss of Eden ...
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