Interesting and clear explanations, thank you. Speaking of Marcellus, we may quote from Dryden's own translation, or paraphrase, of the famous lines from the Aeneid ("Heu, miserande puer, si qua fata aspera rumpas, / Tu Marcellus eris"): "Ah! couldst thou break through fate's severe decree, A new Marcellus shall arise in thee!"

You are helping me to cover my syllabus just before my exam ❤

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Enjambment and metrical irregularity on ‘But satire needs not those, and wit will shine / Through the harsh cadence of a rugged line’ … meta-satirical wit indeed!