Some Greek Influences on English Poetry
Some Greek Influences on English Poetry
This chapter examines aspects of the language of English poetry that have been inspired by ancient language, particularly, Greek. It discusses several aspects of the Greek language — compound epithets, poetic negative of privative adjectives, and metres — and how it spurred writers to emulate them in their own literary languages. Moreover, it explains that there were instances when imitating Greek has been a means by which poets have explored the strange value, desired or threatening, of Greece.
Keywords: Greek, English, poetry, ancient language, compound epithets, negative adjectives, privative adjectives, metres, Greece
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