Milton's Art of ProsodyBlackwell, 1953 - 147 pages |
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Page 14
... Book I of Paradise Lost ( 11. 21 , 204 , 205 , 306 , 634 ; 20 , 340 , 489 ; 566 , 616 , 778 ; 193 , 663 ; etc. ) . Inconsis- tencies , however , complicate the situation . They appear even in Book I ( 11. 198 , 200 , 212 ) ; and in ...
... Book I of Paradise Lost ( 11. 21 , 204 , 205 , 306 , 634 ; 20 , 340 , 489 ; 566 , 616 , 778 ; 193 , 663 ; etc. ) . Inconsis- tencies , however , complicate the situation . They appear even in Book I ( 11. 198 , 200 , 212 ) ; and in ...
Page 58
... book , that the omission of the pronoun in Let none henceforth seek needless cause to approve The Faith they owe ( P.L. , VIII , 1140-1 ) indicates an intentional lapse of style , the first instance in the poem of conversational idiom ...
... book , that the omission of the pronoun in Let none henceforth seek needless cause to approve The Faith they owe ( P.L. , VIII , 1140-1 ) indicates an intentional lapse of style , the first instance in the poem of conversational idiom ...
Page 60
... Book I , three in Book II , one in Book III , and four in Book IV ) ; in Samson Agonistes it was completely removed , so that there are no less than forty - six instances . Some critics think that there may at times be two final extra ...
... Book I , three in Book II , one in Book III , and four in Book IV ) ; in Samson Agonistes it was completely removed , so that there are no less than forty - six instances . Some critics think that there may at times be two final extra ...
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