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... iamb in the first two feet . Conde however ( see Ticknor , Hist . of Span . Lit. i . 100 ) says , " In the versification of our Castilian ballads ( romances ) and seguidillas , we have received from the Arabs an exact type of their ...
... iamb in the first two feet . Conde however ( see Ticknor , Hist . of Span . Lit. i . 100 ) says , " In the versification of our Castilian ballads ( romances ) and seguidillas , we have received from the Arabs an exact type of their ...
Page 326
... iambs . We will further observe , that it seems to have been the poet's intention , that the lyric parts should be read in a grave , solemn , measured tone : - Irrecóverábly dárk , tótal eclipse . 81 . By prívilége of death and búriál ...
... iambs . We will further observe , that it seems to have been the poet's intention , that the lyric parts should be read in a grave , solemn , measured tone : - Irrecóverábly dárk , tótal eclipse . 81 . By prívilége of death and búriál ...
Page 328
... iamb or a trochee . We shall therefore find that consecutive dactyls or anapæsts , considered with re- gard to accent , really form a series of these feet , ex . gr . A't the close of the day when the hámlet is stíll . Words of more ...
... iamb or a trochee . We shall therefore find that consecutive dactyls or anapæsts , considered with re- gard to accent , really form a series of these feet , ex . gr . A't the close of the day when the hámlet is stíll . Words of more ...
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... iamb . This is quite clear , from their lyric poetry , the Odes of Horace for example , for the accents must fall regularly in verses which are to be sung . French verse presents a parallel : the accents in songs are different from ...
... iamb . This is quite clear , from their lyric poetry , the Odes of Horace for example , for the accents must fall regularly in verses which are to be sung . French verse presents a parallel : the accents in songs are different from ...
Page 444
... iamb . With the aid of it , all the verse in these poets that is printed as prose , might easily be brought back to its true form . Perhaps it would be better , instead of using the term ' hypermetric syllable , ' to regard it and the ...
... iamb . With the aid of it , all the verse in these poets that is printed as prose , might easily be brought back to its true form . Perhaps it would be better , instead of using the term ' hypermetric syllable , ' to regard it and the ...
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