...They occur in what Samuel Johnson later denominated " local poetry, of which the fundamental subject is some particular landscape to be poetically described,...historical retrospection or incidental meditation." 6 Johnson's definition puts the emphasis where it belonged in his own time, on the element of description,...

...Abbey." Dr. Johnson called the species founded by Denham "local poetry, of which the fundamental subject is some particular landscape, to be poetically described,...historical retrospection, or incidental meditation." Both Dryden and Johnson agreed in singling out for praise in "Cooper's Hill" the following four lines:...

...Johnson, 'a species of composition that may be denominated local poetry, of which the fundamental subject is some particular landscape, to be poetically described,...historical retrospection, or incidental meditation' (cited in Kenner, 1964, p. 398). Denham 's poem was quite unlike Ben Jonson's account of Penshurst...

...of a species of composition that may be denominated local poetry, of which the fundamental subject is some particular landscape to be poetically described,...supplied by historical retrospection or incidental meditation.7 The possibility of dullness or banality inherent in this generic project is only the complement...

...Johnson's famous definition of "local poetry") "the fundamental subject is some particular landscape ... poetically described, with the addition of such embellishments as may be supplied by historical retrospection and incidental meditation" ("Denham" 77). In addition to the three elements mentioned by Johnson -...

...of a species of composition that may be denominated local portry, of which the fundamental subject is some particular landscape to be poetically described,...historical retrospection or incidental meditation. The typical thematic variety and loose structure of poems such as "Cooper's Hill" have tended to bring...

...accordance with Johnson's description of the form Denham had pioneered as one in which a landscape is "poetically described, with the addition of such embellishments...historical retrospection or incidental meditation" 25 —Dyer includes a number of moral reflections suggested by the landscape, explaining the ground...

...be useful here) as "local poetry, of which the fundamental subject is some particular landscape ... with the addition of such embellishments as may be...historical retrospection or incidental meditation" (Life ofDenham; NPE 286-87). 6. "Capes and Islands" is the collective title given by Jonas to the first...

...loco-descriptive poem, in which—to follow Johnson's celebrated formula—"some particular landscape is poetically described, with the addition of such embellishments...historical retrospection, or incidental meditation." This fails, however, to do full justice to the complex design of the poem. It is less that the ingredients...