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... Break , break , break , on thy cold grey stones , O Sea ! Though we might quarrel about the scansion of the first foot here , if we met the line in the context of iambic pentameters we should not hesitate to distinguish its five ...
... Break , break , break , on thy cold grey stones , O Sea ! Though we might quarrel about the scansion of the first foot here , if we met the line in the context of iambic pentameters we should not hesitate to distinguish its five ...
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... break by cadence . So great is the diffi- culty of preserving uniformity of interpretation , however , that in the tabulations which follow here I have been compelled to confine my records to the rhetorical break . Although Milton ...
... break by cadence . So great is the diffi- culty of preserving uniformity of interpretation , however , that in the tabulations which follow here I have been compelled to confine my records to the rhetorical break . Although Milton ...
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Samuel Ernest Sprott. 2. FREQUENCY OF BREAKS No I 2 3 4 5 6 7 break break bks . bks . bks . bks . bks . bks . Comus 18.1 58.1 20.6 2.9 .3 - P.L. , I 19.3 61.2 18.0 1.3 .I .I II 16.4 56.6 23.1 2.6 I.I .I T III 15.9 57.0 23.0 3.8 .I .I IV ...
Samuel Ernest Sprott. 2. FREQUENCY OF BREAKS No I 2 3 4 5 6 7 break break bks . bks . bks . bks . bks . bks . Comus 18.1 58.1 20.6 2.9 .3 - P.L. , I 19.3 61.2 18.0 1.3 .I .I II 16.4 56.6 23.1 2.6 I.I .I T III 15.9 57.0 23.0 3.8 .I .I IV ...
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