Dryden obeys the motions of his own mind; Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of composition.

德莱登恪守自己内心的活动，而蒲伯则将内心活动置于自己的创作原则之下。

Spencer's idiosyncratic drawing of a large fairy on a tiny water-lily leaf captures an imagination that strained against conventional rules of composition from the start.

在Spencer极具特色的一幅作品中，一片微小的睡莲叶子上有一个巨大的仙子，这幅作品与从头开始创作的常规相悖，激发了人们的想象力。