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PRONOUNS
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(a). Pronouns.
It is quite natural and scarcely needs any special
mention that a poet like Swinburne will use to a large
extent the old personal pronouns thou and ye; you, however,
is not uncommon in the plural form. Broadly speaking,
Swinburne exclusively employs the archaic forms.
This evidently involves the use of thine, thy as
pos-sessives. Both are found in adjectival position, in
conformity with the general rules of English grammar.
In the case of personal pronouns we have to note
their use instead of the fuller reflexive forms.
I, 232, God, that some while refraineth him . . .
Ill, 57, Content thee howsoe’er whose days are done . . .
VI, 19, As we give lis again to the water . . .
As regards other pronouns, there is a remarkable
tendency to double interrogatives for rhetorical reasons.
II, 20, What latter light of what new hope shall guide . . .?
74, Canst thou say in thine heart
Thou hast seen with thine eyes
With what cunning of art
Thou wast wrought in what wise,
By what force of what stuff thou wast shapen . . .?
Ill, 16, For in that heaven what light of lights may be,
What splendour of what stars . . .
24, ... And were one to the end, but what end who knows?
Cf IV, 23, ... and she knew
How sore a life dead love would lead her through
To what sure end how fearful . . .
The remaining features of the syntax of pronouns
all belong more or less to the next chapter.
(b). Verbs.
There are two main points, in the syntax of verbs
on which the ’higher’ style differs from the general use of
modern English. Both of them prevail in Swinburne’s
language over the forms usual in everyday prose.
In the first place, we have to note the expression of
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