ENGL2104: Aesthetic Interlude
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Dry those eyes which are o'er flowing
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Farewell fair Armida, my joy and my grief - catalytic line
amphibraic foor = U _ U
ODE TO ST CECILIA 1687 - Set To Music
Official poet lorriete
Alexander's Feast - 1697
Propriety of sound => not elegancy of expression
-> to be varied according to nature of subject
Correspondence and parrallels
-> sounds
-> rhythm
-> subject
- of words relating to...
-> tempo
-> time signature
-> instrumentation
- of music
Subject of First Stanza+ Nature personified as
unmovable-> creation of the world through music/voice/sound
glottal frigatives => highlighted by alliteration of 'h'
monosyllables...discrete elements
=> no regularity (largo) => pre-creation = pre-harmony
Stanza Three, U _ U / U _ U
The trumpets loud clangor
amphibraic ~> musically interesting
3/4 time - Handel's Waltz
'r' sounds => rolling and heavy density
-> relating to wave
'd' 'b' -> stop constanant => exploding air (refer to sounds)
These are enhanced and emphasised by music
- structure
- notes
- volume
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