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In considering the style of poetry in English, we find, as we read widely in the different ‘schools’ of literary composition (which are treated in detail in Part 2), that various characteristics of style are apparent at different times in its history and in the works of individual poets.
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© 1997 Barry Spurr
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Spurr, B. (1997). Varieties of poetic style. In: Studying Poetry. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14557-7_3
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