Milton's Art of ProsodyBlackwell, 1953 - 147 pages |
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... English poetic in his ' . . . Short In- stitution of English Poesie ' : 2 But the English Language ariving daily to greater perfection and purity , Poesie must needs accordingly extend to all subjects and occasions , incident to humane ...
... English poetic in his ' . . . Short In- stitution of English Poesie ' : 2 But the English Language ariving daily to greater perfection and purity , Poesie must needs accordingly extend to all subjects and occasions , incident to humane ...
Page 45
... English verse might be written in either quantitative or syllabic lines , though the latter practice was normal.2 Puttenham spent four chapters half - heartedly demonstrating that the quantitative system could be adopted in English with ...
... English verse might be written in either quantitative or syllabic lines , though the latter practice was normal.2 Puttenham spent four chapters half - heartedly demonstrating that the quantitative system could be adopted in English with ...
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... English can come up to the Latin ' . There was wide agreement that the basis of English verse structure was the number of syllables in the line . The Arte of English Poesie explained this without prevarication as early as 1589 ...
... English can come up to the Latin ' . There was wide agreement that the basis of English verse structure was the number of syllables in the line . The Arte of English Poesie explained this without prevarication as early as 1589 ...
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accent according allowed apostrophe appear begins blank verse Book break Bridges cadence called classical completely Comus considered consists consonant contracted critics determine dissyllabic edition elided elision English evidence examples exception extrametrical syllables fact fall feet fifth final five foot four fourth Heav'n iambic indicate instances intention inversion language later Latin length less light London long stress loss Manuscript means measure medial metre metrical MICHIGAN Milton monosyllabic nature never noted occurs once Paradise Lost pause pentameter perhaps poem poet poetry position possible practice preceding present preserve principle printed probably pronunciation prosody punctuation quantity reader reason remain represents respect rhyme rhythm rule Samson Agonistes scansion seems sense short sometimes sound spelling stress strong syllabic verse taken third thou thought trochaic VIII vowel words writing written