Nor the winter sublimer with storm than the spring: such mirth had the madness and might in thee made,/March, master of winds, bright minstrel and marshal of storms that enkindle the season they smite (March. An Ode). Poeta i krytyk Oscar Wilde czynił mu zresztą z tego powodu zarzut w recenzji omawianego tomiku: It has been said of him, and with truth, that he is a master of language, but with still greater truth it may be said that language is his master. Words seem to dominate him. Alliteration tyrannizes over him. Mere sound often becomes his lord. He is so eloquent that whatever he touches becomes unreal. Wilde pisze, że to nie Swinburne panuje nad językiem, jak się to powszechnie sądzi, ale język panuje nad Swinburne’em, a aliteracja go tyranizuje.
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