A History of English Rhythms, Volume 1W. Pickering, 1838 - English language |
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Edwin Guest. CHAP . II . Verses consisting of a single section , 185. Verse of two 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 ...
Edwin Guest. CHAP . II . Verses consisting of a single section , 185. Verse of two 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 ...
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... verses of Milton have bewildered the critics . Mitford and Todd both give to society four syllables . The former reads the verse with six accents , For solitude sometimes ] : is best | society the latter ends it with two unaccented ...
... verses of Milton have bewildered the critics . Mitford and Todd both give to society four syllables . The former reads the verse with six accents , For solitude sometimes ] : is best | society the latter ends it with two unaccented ...
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Edwin Guest. There are four terminations into which n enters , an , en , in , on ; of these en is now merely ... verse thus , Fallen cherub , to be weak is miserable . : and Mitford almost laughs at the notion of heav'n and giv ...
Edwin Guest. There are four terminations into which n enters , an , en , in , on ; of these en is now merely ... verse thus , Fallen cherub , to be weak is miserable . : and Mitford almost laughs at the notion of heav'n and giv ...
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... verse has but one accent ; and supposes that heah , or some such word , may ... four syllables can hardly escape a secondary accent , unless the primary ... verses Virtue , beau tie and speech : did strike - wound - charm My heart - eyes ...
... verse has but one accent ; and supposes that heah , or some such word , may ... four syllables can hardly escape a secondary accent , unless the primary ... verses Virtue , beau tie and speech : did strike - wound - charm My heart - eyes ...
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... verse . This middle rhime was most frequently introduced into verse of four accents . In the stanza of eight and six , as it has been termed , it was very common . In the 16th cen- tury it was employed by learned bishops , and on the ...
... verse . This middle rhime was most frequently introduced into verse of four accents . In the stanza of eight and six , as it has been termed , it was very common . In the 16th cen- tury it was employed by learned bishops , and on 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