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... indicate the contraction of a dissyllabic to a monosyllabic word : No wonder , fall'n such a pernicious highth . ( P.L. , I , 282 ) Till , as a signal giv'n , th ' uplifted Spear ( P.L. , I , 347 ) And horrors hast though driv'n me ...
... indicate the contraction of a dissyllabic to a monosyllabic word : No wonder , fall'n such a pernicious highth . ( P.L. , I , 282 ) Till , as a signal giv'n , th ' uplifted Spear ( P.L. , I , 347 ) And horrors hast though driv'n me ...
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... indicate a metrical syllable . Abominations ; and with cursed things ( P.L. , I , 389 ) And level pavement : from the arched roof ( P.L. , I , 726 ) Mean while the winged Haralds by com- mand ( P.L. , I , 752 ) ( ii ) e is often omitted ...
... indicate a metrical syllable . Abominations ; and with cursed things ( P.L. , I , 389 ) And level pavement : from the arched roof ( P.L. , I , 726 ) Mean while the winged Haralds by com- mand ( P.L. , I , 752 ) ( ii ) e is often omitted ...
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... indicate that he was aware still of the cadences that terminate lines , though with an ear trained by the rhymers he ... indicated the ends of lines by an inflexion of voice which would preserve their cadences , as have all his ' skilful ...
... indicate that he was aware still of the cadences that terminate lines , though with an ear trained by the rhymers he ... indicated the ends of lines by an inflexion of voice which would preserve their cadences , as have all his ' skilful ...
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accentual verse apostrophe appear blank verse Book break Bridges Bysshe cadence caesura catalectic choruses classical completely Comus consonant Diekhoff dissyllabic dissyllable edition elided elision emendation ends of lines English enjambement examples fifth foot final elision final extrametrical syllables fourth H. C. WYLD Heav'n iamb iambic pentameters indicate instances L'Allegro later Latin licence long stress lyrical Manuscript medial metre metrical syllable midverse extrametrical Milton's blank verse Milton's intention Milton's prosody Milton's verse Miltonic blank monosyllabic monosyllable number of syllables numbers of lines occur once P.L. Paradise Lost Paradise Regain'd pause percentage poem poet poetry principle pronunciation punctuation Puttenham quantity reader Recession of stress rhyme rhythm rhythmical rule Saintsbury Samson Agonistes scansion semivowel sense sequent vowel short sonnet sound spelling spelt stanza stress position strong accent SUPERNUMERARY SYLLABLES syllabic verse synaloepha thir thou total numbers trochees VIII vpon words θα