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Word: shakspearian (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
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...trifle below the Advocate's usual standard, although the triolet entitled "Leigh Hunt" is much the better of the two poems. "A Winter Song" could hardly be called a poem, however, for there is not a poetical image, simile, or turn of thought in the whole song, and the Shakspearian specificness of diction at which the author aims cannot be said to be happily attained...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Advocate. | 1/22/1892 | See Source »

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