Addison,Steele and Pope.In the middle decades of the century, Samuel Johnson became the leader of the classical school in English poetry and prose. The classicists found their artistic models in the classical 5 literature of the ancient Greek and Roman writers,and tried to control literary creation by some fixed laws and rules drawn from their works.In writing plays they used rimed couplet instead of blank verse.They observed the three unities-the unities of time. place and action.They thought poetry should follow the ancient 5 divisions,falling into lyric,epic,didactic,satiric or dramatic and each group should be guided by some peculiar principles.Prose should be precise,direct and flexible.They put the stress on the classical ideals of order,logic,restrained emotion,accuracy,good 八 taste and decorum.Their works,mostly refined and perfect,are conscientious craftsmanship and often highly didactic.Neoclassical poetry reached its stylistic perfectionduring the period.Addison, Steele and Pope. In the middle decades of the century, Samuel Johnson became the leader of the classical school in English poetry and prose. The classicists found their artistic models in the classical literature of the ancient Greek and Roman writers, and tried to control literary creation by some fixed laws and rules drawn from their works. In writing plays they used rimed couplet instead of blank verse. They observed the three unities-the unities of time, place and action. They thought poetry should follow the ancient divisions, falling into lyric, epic, didactic, satiric or dramatic and each group should be guided by some peculiar principles. Prose should be precise, direct and flexible. They put the stress on the classical ideals of order, logic, restrained emotion, accuracy, good taste and decorum. Their works, mostly refined and perfect, are conscientious craftsmanship and often highly didactic. Neoclassical poetry reached its stylistic perfection during the period. 5’ 5’ 5’