Milton's Art of ProsodyBlackwell, 1953 - 147 pages |
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... consists of fourteen rhyming lines ( not in the usual Miltonic scheme ) ; and there is a number of fourteen - line paragraphs in ' Lycidas ' , where the composition was almost as free as in blank verse . That many of these in- stances ...
... consists of fourteen rhyming lines ( not in the usual Miltonic scheme ) ; and there is a number of fourteen - line paragraphs in ' Lycidas ' , where the composition was almost as free as in blank verse . That many of these in- stances ...
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... consists not in rhyme but in rhythms which may be spoken of in terms of prosody . The third excuse the preface urges for rhymelessness was probably in practice of considerable importance and should not be dismissed as a rationalization ...
... consists not in rhyme but in rhythms which may be spoken of in terms of prosody . The third excuse the preface urges for rhymelessness was probably in practice of considerable importance and should not be dismissed as a rationalization ...
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... consists in a certain Number of Syllables , and not in Feet compos'd of long and short syllables , as the Verses of ... consisting of ten sillables or fiue feete , which hath euer beene vsed / amongest vs time out of minde . ' There was ...
... consists in a certain Number of Syllables , and not in Feet compos'd of long and short syllables , as the Verses of ... consisting of ten sillables or fiue feete , which hath euer beene vsed / amongest vs time out of minde . ' There was ...
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