A History of English Rhythms, Volume 1W. Pickering, 1838 - English language |
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... Rhime defined , 116. Rhime , perfect , alliterative , vowel , consonantal , late alliterative , and common , 117. Rhime , double and triple , 118. Final rhime , 119. Middle rhime , 124. Sectional rhime , 125. Inverse rhime , 136 ...
... Rhime defined , 116. Rhime , perfect , alliterative , vowel , consonantal , late alliterative , and common , 117. Rhime , double and triple , 118. Final rhime , 119. Middle rhime , 124. Sectional rhime , 125. Inverse rhime , 136 ...
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... . NOTE ( A ) . The Letters , 313 . NOTE ( B ) . Accentuation , 314 . NOTE ( C ) . Secondary accents , 316 . NOTE ( D ) . Rhime , ib . NOTE ( E ) . Versification , 317 . ERRATA TO VOL . I. Page line 4 , 8 viii CONTENTS .
... . NOTE ( A ) . The Letters , 313 . NOTE ( B ) . Accentuation , 314 . NOTE ( C ) . Secondary accents , 316 . NOTE ( D ) . Rhime , ib . NOTE ( E ) . Versification , 317 . ERRATA TO VOL . I. Page line 4 , 8 viii CONTENTS .
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... . The various kinds of rhime will be the subject of the sixth chapter , and in the seventh and last we shall treat of the rhythmical pauses . CHAPTER II . THE VOICE . If we drop a B 2 C. I. 3 ARRANGEMENT OF THE SUBJECT .
... . The various kinds of rhime will be the subject of the sixth chapter , and in the seventh and last we shall treat of the rhythmical pauses . CHAPTER II . THE VOICE . If we drop a B 2 C. I. 3 ARRANGEMENT OF THE SUBJECT .
Page 115
... the preference are by no means obvious . The voice , to be sure , lingers with the river ; but why so many sibilants ? CHAPTER VI . RHIME , is the correspondence , which 1 2 C. V. QUANTITY AS AN ESTABLISHMENT OF RHYTHM , 115.
... the preference are by no means obvious . The voice , to be sure , lingers with the river ; but why so many sibilants ? CHAPTER VI . RHIME , is the correspondence , which 1 2 C. V. QUANTITY AS AN ESTABLISHMENT OF RHYTHM , 115.
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... rhime in accentual verse . It is not , as is sometimes as- serted , a mere ornament ; it marks and defines the ac ... rhime . Every accented syllable contains a vowel ; hence a rhiming syllable may be divided into three parts — the ...
... rhime in accentual verse . It is not , as is sometimes as- serted , a mere ornament ; it marks and defines the ac ... rhime . Every accented syllable contains a vowel ; hence a rhiming syllable may be divided into three parts — the ...
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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