Word: quatrains
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...most finished bit of poetry in the number is the sonnet by R. Pier '03, entitled "A Statute." "Astronomy," by G. L. Kobbe '03 is a neat little bit. Other contributions in verse are "Lux," by C. G. L., Jr., "The Messenger," by D. W. Stockbridge and an anonymous quatrain, "Wordsworth...
Among the contributions in verse the most elaborate is "In the House of the Poet," by A. D. Ficke. Somewhat vague and fantastic, it is musical and gracefully done. "Holworthy Christmas Eve," a firelight reverie by L. Warner, and a quatrain, "Venus," by H. L. Warner are deserving of mention. "The Ancient Lovers," verses by W. Bynner, two editorials and a book review complete the number...
...number of the Advocate out today the stories, as usual, outrank the verse. The poems, with the exception of "It Hath No Thorns" by Lyon Ives, seem decidedly forced and labored. Most aim too high, but an unsigned quatrain sets too low a goal and reaches it. The best of the stories are "From Mount Auburn to Exeter Street," an amusing piece of imagination, and "Endicott and the Janitor," by H. W. Eliot, an excellent character study. The editorial is sensible and well pointed but it interests the Advocate writers more than the readers of the paper. The other stories...
...poetry of the number, outside the long poem by W. V. Moody already mentioned, consists of a sonnet by P. H. Savage, and a quatrain entitled "Art," by P. B. Goetz. The sonnet is not up to its author's standard, being rough in meter, and not more than common-place in conception. The quatrain is strong and suggestive...
...Learning," is a quatrain of much suggestiveness, but the manner is not worthy of the matter. "The Pessimist," is not as good as some of the author's previous work, but the fact that the metre is the same as that of many famous poems perhaps makes one over-critical...