Some more restrictions imposed by the heroic couplet, and the possibilities they engender.  Dryden on Oldham; the subtlety of his versification and the reality of his praise; Oldham's obscene poem against the author of Sodom (who may have been Rochester, whom Oldham had once admired).

Some more restrictions imposed by the heroic couplet, and the possibilities they engender. Dryden on Oldham; the subtlety of his versification and the reality of his praise; Oldham's obscene poem against the author of Sodom (who may have been Rochester, whom Oldham had once admired).

Some more restrictions imposed by the heroic couplet, and the possibilities they engender.&nbsp; Dryden on Oldham; the subtlety of his versification and the reality of his praise; Oldham's obscene poem against the author of Sodom (who may have been Rochester, whom Oldham had once admired).

Dryden on Oldham; Oldham on Sodom; Dryden's scatology

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