A History of English Rhythms, Volume 1W. Pickering, 1838 - English language |
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... accents , 186. Verse of three accents , 188 . CHAP . III . Verse of four accents , 190. Verses beginning with section 1 , 194 — with section 1 7 , 196 — with section 2 , 198 -with section 2 7 , 200 — with section 5 , 203 — with section ...
... accents , 186. Verse of three accents , 188 . CHAP . III . Verse of four accents , 190. Verses beginning with section 1 , 194 — with section 1 7 , 196 — with section 2 , 198 -with section 2 7 , 200 — with section 5 , 203 — with section ...
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... four syllables . The former reads the verse with six accents , For solitude sometimes ] : is best | society the latter ends it with two unaccented syllables , For solitude | sometimes is best | society . : Neither of these rhythms is to ...
... four syllables . The former reads the verse with six accents , For solitude sometimes ] : is best | society the latter ends it with two unaccented syllables , For solitude | sometimes is best | society . : Neither of these rhythms is to ...
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... accents , for a secondary one falls on the last syllable de . He pro ... four syllables can hardly escape a secondary accent , unless the primary ... accents . may pronounce the following word with two accents , in con- solable , or with ...
... accents , for a secondary one falls on the last syllable de . He pro ... four syllables can hardly escape a secondary accent , unless the primary ... accents . may pronounce the following word with two accents , in con- solable , or with ...
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... accented syllables of the two sections , may be considered as the direct off- spring of final rhime . In the Anglo ... four accents . In the stanza of eight and six , as it has been termed , it was very common . In the 16th cen- tury ...
... accented syllables of the two sections , may be considered as the direct off- spring of final rhime . In the Anglo ... four accents . In the stanza of eight and six , as it has been termed , it was very common . In the 16th cen- tury ...
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... accented syllable of the first . It is singular that the French had , in the sixteenth century , a rhime like the Ice ... four accents . : These steps both reach and teach | thee shall [ To come by thrift ; to shift | withal . Some lucky ...
... accented syllable of the first . It is singular that the French had , in the sixteenth century , a rhime like the Ice ... four accents . : These steps both reach and teach | thee shall [ To come by thrift ; to shift | withal . Some lucky ...
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accented syllable adjective alliteration alliterative couplet Anglo-Saxon poems Anglo-Saxon verse Bonduca Bruce Burns Cadmon Cæd century Chau Chaucer common compound section Comus consonant couplet Cynthia's Revels dialects dipthong dissyllable doth doubt dramatists Drayton elided elision English rhythms eyes final rhime five accents Fletcher four accents gret hallig hath Jons King Knightes Tale L'Allegro lable language Latin Layamon Lear letters Lord metre middle pause Milton occasionally Olaus Wormius old English orthography Othello Ploughman poetry poets preposition Prol pronounced pronunciation Puttenham quantity rare rhime rhiming syllables rule Sackville Samson Agon sectional pause short vowel Shrew Siege of Leith six accents sometimes Song sound Spenser substantive thee ther thou three accents triple measure tumbling verse Tusser unaccented syllable verb verse of four verse of six Verses beginning verses of five vowel wæs Wallace word writers