KINDSOFSTYLE
Stylehasbeenclassifiediways,butitadmitsofsomaionsthatitisveryhardtoeable。Infactthereareasmaherearewriters,fornotwoauthorswriteexactlyafterthesameform。However,wemayclassifythestylesofthevariousauthorsinbroaddivisionsas(1)dry,(2)plai,(4)elegant,(5)florid,(6)bombastic。
&yleexcludesallorandmakesoappealtoay。ItsobjectissimplytoexpressthethoughtsimahisstyleisexemplifiedbyBerkeley。
&yledoesnotseekorioaimstomakedcisestatementswithoutaio。LodWhatelyillustratetheplainstyle。
&yleoerorsparingly。Itsobjectistures,purediddharmoenithandGrayaretheaowledgedleadersinthiskindofstyle。
&yleuseseveryorbeautifyandavoidseveryexcesswhichwoulddegrade。MadAddisohrohekingsofthisstyle。Tothemallwritersbendthekneeinhomage。
Thefloridstylegoestoexsuperfluousandsuperfientationandstrainsafterahighlyagery。ThepoemsofOssiantypifythisstyle。
&icischaracterizedbysuexcessuresaoberididdisgusting。ItislikeacirdressedupingoldtinselDisgivesafiiBuzfuz'speethe"Pickers。"Amoiesofstylemaybemehecolloquial,thelaicise,thediffuse,theabrupttheflowi,theepigrammatic,theflowery,thefeeble,thehevehement,aed。Themaheseissuffidicatedbytheadjectiveusedtodescribethem。
Infactstyleisasvariousascharadexpressestheindividualityofthewriter,orinotherwords,astheFrenchwriterBuffolyremarks,"thestyleisthema;