Milton's Art of ProsodyBlackwell, 1953 - 147 pages |
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... manuscript in facsimile before he went to print , and arrived at the conclusion that ' excluding words , the spelling of which is fanciful or antique . . . the spelling is phonetic in intention , its object being to ensure the verse ...
... manuscript in facsimile before he went to print , and arrived at the conclusion that ' excluding words , the spelling of which is fanciful or antique . . . the spelling is phonetic in intention , its object being to ensure the verse ...
Page 66
... manuscripts , and between successive editions . The manuscript emendations of P.L. , I , 597 are very revealing . The line as the scribe first wrote it read In dimme eclipses disasterous twilight shedds . Later a pen was put through the ...
... manuscripts , and between successive editions . The manuscript emendations of P.L. , I , 597 are very revealing . The line as the scribe first wrote it read In dimme eclipses disasterous twilight shedds . Later a pen was put through the ...
Page 119
... Manuscript of Comus is singularly lacking in terminal punctuation ( only thirty instances in 1023 lines ) , though it abounds in medial.2 ( v ) There appear in Para- dise Lost final rhymes upon which one tends to pause . It may be added ...
... Manuscript of Comus is singularly lacking in terminal punctuation ( only thirty instances in 1023 lines ) , though it abounds in medial.2 ( v ) There appear in Para- dise Lost final rhymes upon which one tends to pause . It may be added ...
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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