[BNP/E3, 13A – 27-28]
As to epithets, I cannot but recommend the purchase of a dictionary of quotations where these ornaments can be found. They are of course set words and phrases. For instance, your mistress’ mouth is always “perfumed” and her lips “chery”; her eyes will always be “dreamy” and her hair composed of “sicken” †” wherein your heart is “entwined.” Your face must be always “pale with care” and your frame “wasted by woe”, you must always be awake half the night dreaming of your cruel fair and the other half asleep dreaming of her. Your lady’s form must be more beautiful than that of Venus; this is not improper to state for, thanks to the costume of modern society, you will have been able to observe it. Your lady must likewise be of a virgin purity and though this and the statement before might not seem to fit well together, you must remember the age we live in and the strange scientific phenomena that are ever moving in gap. You can begin to with love poetry at twelve or thirteen when you will know life well.
[28v]
There are some grammatical devices that are of great use to the poet, and I cannot but assert that split infinitives, clashing of like consonants and accumulations of liquids and sibilants are the most indubitable Proofs of poetical art and ability.
[27r]
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