Milton's Art of ProsodyBlackwell, 1953 - 147 pages |
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... allowed in passages like the second quoted above for the limited number of words in the English language which are bound to be used when certain subjects are under discussion ( day , ray ) . But a serious problem seeks an answer if we ...
... allowed in passages like the second quoted above for the limited number of words in the English language which are bound to be used when certain subjects are under discussion ( day , ray ) . But a serious problem seeks an answer if we ...
Page 61
... allowed to have a hexametric effect . If the examples quoted above be examined with respect to their distribution throughout the poems , it will be seen that none of them occurs prior to Paradise Lost , Book VII , and that the ...
... allowed to have a hexametric effect . If the examples quoted above be examined with respect to their distribution throughout the poems , it will be seen that none of them occurs prior to Paradise Lost , Book VII , and that the ...
Page 65
... allowed by Milton , or else the only contraction of the dissyllabic evil before a consonant.1 Perhaps Milton allowed the variant as a decorous metrical parallel to the collapse of moral values to which Adam refers , or as a lapse into ...
... allowed by Milton , or else the only contraction of the dissyllabic evil before a consonant.1 Perhaps Milton allowed the variant as a decorous metrical parallel to the collapse of moral values to which Adam refers , or as a lapse into ...
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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