Milton's Art of ProsodyBlackwell, 1953 - 147 pages |
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... completely devoid of regularity , and was intended to be so . There are even isolated lines which do not rhyme at all , and recur according to no principle . In short , the poem is excellently described by Saintsbury as ' in effect , a ...
... completely devoid of regularity , and was intended to be so . There are even isolated lines which do not rhyme at all , and recur according to no principle . In short , the poem is excellently described by Saintsbury as ' in effect , a ...
Page 60
... completely removed , so that there are no less than forty - six instances . Some critics think that there may at times be two final extra- metrical syllables , making a sixth foot in an Alexandrine line . The examples they quote are of ...
... completely removed , so that there are no less than forty - six instances . Some critics think that there may at times be two final extra- metrical syllables , making a sixth foot in an Alexandrine line . The examples they quote are of ...
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... completely correct . The rule is : a vowel of a syllable closed by 1 , n or r is elidible when the succeeding syllable begins with a vowel ( or an as- pirate ) . Elision before vocalic 1 : Comus : That wontst to love the travailers ...
... completely correct . The rule is : a vowel of a syllable closed by 1 , n or r is elidible when the succeeding syllable begins with a vowel ( or an as- pirate ) . Elision before vocalic 1 : Comus : That wontst to love the travailers ...
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