The fault of Cowley and perhaps of all the writers of the metaphysical race is that of pursuing his thoughts to their ramifications, by which he loses the grandeur of generality; for of the greatest things the parts are little; what is little can be but pretty, and by claiming dignity becomes ridiculous. Thus all the power of description is destroyed by a scrupulous enumeration; and the force of metaphors is lost, when the mind by the mention of particulars is turned more upon the original than the secondary sense, more upon that from which the illustration is drawn than that to which it is applied. (Life of Cowley, 1779) What Dr. Johnson actually faults here is:

1600+ questions on English.

UGC NET Paper-II English Syllabus consists of: 

Drama
Poetry
Fiction & short story
Non-Fictional Prose
English in India: history, evolution, and futures
Literary Criticism
Research Methods, and Materials in English
Language: Basic concepts, theories, and pedagogy.
English in Use
Cultural Studies
Literary Theory post World War II.