Milton's Art of ProsodyBlackwell, 1953 - 147 pages |
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Page 57
... evidence . An examination of the obvious exception in Book IX , where the percentage is as high as 4.0 or possibly 6.0 , may suggest a reason for his more usual dislike of the licence . 57 EXTRAMETRICAL SUPERNUMERARY SYLLABLES.
... evidence . An examination of the obvious exception in Book IX , where the percentage is as high as 4.0 or possibly 6.0 , may suggest a reason for his more usual dislike of the licence . 57 EXTRAMETRICAL SUPERNUMERARY SYLLABLES.
Page 65
... exception , not to the rule of elision , since there is an elision possible within the word , but to Milton's ... exceptions must be considered the literally hundreds of instances in which the extra syllable within the line falls ...
... exception , not to the rule of elision , since there is an elision possible within the word , but to Milton's ... exceptions must be considered the literally hundreds of instances in which the extra syllable within the line falls ...
Page 92
... exception— Innumerable before th ' Almighties Throne— ( P.L. , V , 585 ) -able words which offer a choice between medial and final elision are never placed before a consonant so that internal elision is forced . There is no exception to ...
... exception— Innumerable before th ' Almighties Throne— ( P.L. , V , 585 ) -able words which offer a choice between medial and final elision are never placed before a consonant so that internal elision is forced . There is no exception to ...
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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