Milton's Art of ProsodyBlackwell, 1953 - 147 pages |
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... according to the Latin Measure , as near as the Language will permit . The ' Latin Measure ' is the fourth Asclepiad : ― w ― w > ― where the length of the syllables constituting the feet is deter- mined by the quantity of the pronounced ...
... according to the Latin Measure , as near as the Language will permit . The ' Latin Measure ' is the fourth Asclepiad : ― w ― w > ― where the length of the syllables constituting the feet is deter- mined by the quantity of the pronounced ...
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... according to the dignitie of the subiect.1 This does not mean that Milton will have written according to the ancients ' principles of quantitative verse . The attempts to do so in English had died out many years earlier . Gabriel Harvey ...
... according to the dignitie of the subiect.1 This does not mean that Milton will have written according to the ancients ' principles of quantitative verse . The attempts to do so in English had died out many years earlier . Gabriel Harvey ...
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... According to the number of the sillables contained in euery verse , the same is sayd a long or short meeter , and his shortest proportion is of foure sillables , and his longest of twelue , they that vse it aboue , passe the bounds of ...
... According to the number of the sillables contained in euery verse , the same is sayd a long or short meeter , and his shortest proportion is of foure sillables , and his longest of twelue , they that vse it aboue , passe the bounds of ...
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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