If the element of surprise is to become absolutely central and paramount in the reading process, the gap has to get bigger.

如果“惊讶“元素在阅读过程中是,绝对中心，至高无上的，那么这个间隙必须会更大。

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This is a simile that Stanley Fish brilliantly describes ; as central to a certain temporal procedure common in Milton's verse; Fish is interested in the temporal process of reading in general.

这被斯坦利费什独具匠心地形容为,弥尔顿诗中极为常见的时间步骤的核心;,费什对总体上这首诗的时间顺序非常感兴趣。

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