Few things are more daunting to students of language than meter and scansion. The very mention of the words can glaze the eye or quicken the pulse with panic. The impulse of teachers is often to ...

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I HAVE seen it stated that, when Tennyson’s Princess was published in the United States, two generations ago, it was the best-selling book in the country, and that Patmore’s The Angel in the House, ...