Forced inversions should be avoided

Ex. Tu n'as fait le devoir que d'un homme de bien. Corneille.

Kem. Inversion should only be used when the measure or the principes of harmony require it. Well employed, according to La Harpe, it gives dignity to the verse, and constitutes the principal distinction between poetry and prose.

GRAMMATICAL LICENSES*

§ 36* The adverb où is often employed for à qui, auquel, à laquelle, vers lequel, etc. This substitution tends to a concise and vigorous style.

Ex. C'est là l'unique étude où je veux m'attacher. Boileau.

1. The prépositions en, dans, may be used for à before the naine of a city beginning with a vowel sound, to prevent an hiatus.

Ex. Cassandre dans Argos a suivi votre père. Racine.

2. A verb in the singular may be used in poetry with several singular subjects.

Ex. Que ma foi, mon amour, mon honneur y consente. Racine.

§ 37. The ellipsis, or omission of words or phrases, to be supplied by the mind, is more fréquent in poetry than in prose.

1. The poets may omit the pronoun at the head of the second member of a sentence, although the subject be far removed.

Ex. Je condamnai les dieux, et sans plus rien ouïr, Fis vœu sur les autels de leur désobéir. Racine.

2. The omission of the verb is permitted when readily supplied by the context.

Ex. Il passe pour tyran, quiconque s'y fait maître ;

Qui le sert pour esclave, et qui l'aime pour traître. Corneille.

* Inversion is really a grammatical license> but its importance demanded separate considération.

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