Milton's Art of ProsodyBlackwell, 1953 - 147 pages |
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... Paradise Lost may not wholly apply . What was noted above in connection with the Horace Ode should also be borne in mind.2 1 Iliad , I , 225-6 ; Aeneid , I , 319-20 ; III , 656-7 ; IV . 256-7 ; V. 385-6 ; VIII , 620-1 . Cf. Ovid's so ...
... Paradise Lost may not wholly apply . What was noted above in connection with the Horace Ode should also be borne in mind.2 1 Iliad , I , 225-6 ; Aeneid , I , 319-20 ; III , 656-7 ; IV . 256-7 ; V. 385-6 ; VIII , 620-1 . Cf. Ovid's so ...
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... Paradise Lost . In Paradise Regain'd is visible the transition stage , not only in the rising percentages of final extrametricals , but as well in other departments of syllabic theory , all of which show a sudden and definite relaxation ...
... Paradise Lost . In Paradise Regain'd is visible the transition stage , not only in the rising percentages of final extrametricals , but as well in other departments of syllabic theory , all of which show a sudden and definite relaxation ...
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... Paradise Lost and admitted to Paradise Regain'd and Samson Agonistes only under very special conditions . B. ELIDIBLE SUPERNUMERARY SYLLABLES In Paradise Lost , it is an observed fact that within the line syllables which at first sight ...
... Paradise Lost and admitted to Paradise Regain'd and Samson Agonistes only under very special conditions . B. ELIDIBLE SUPERNUMERARY SYLLABLES In Paradise Lost , it is an observed fact that within the line syllables which at first sight ...
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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