Use of poems in Radcliffe

 The poetic introductions to chapters seem to be more vague or pertaining to the abstract while the verses inside are almost always aesthetic or emotional such as the various sonnets and  page 7. description of Adeline's eyes. Verse inside the chapter is impulsive such as page 262 where the "scenery inspired" this verse "soothing each gust of passion into peace/ All but the swelling of the soften'd heart/ That waken, not disturb, the tranquil mind". The sonnets often time convey a very real emotion of one of the characters while the meaning of the poetic quotations at the beginning of the chapter tend to be uncovered gradually as the chapter progresses. I liked the begining of Chapter V "A suprise-An adventure- A mystery" which is actually pretty descriptive of the chapter. The suprise being La Motte's paranoia of his creditors and the adventure would be Adeline going to the town while the mystery is the stranger's identity.