Milton's Art of ProsodyBlackwell, 1953 - 147 pages |
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... syllables in the normal blank verse line in Milton's poetry , there may on occasion be more . Such supernumerary syllables may be of two kinds : those which are extrametrical , and those which are to be elided . A. EXTRAMETRICAL ...
... syllables in the normal blank verse line in Milton's poetry , there may on occasion be more . Such supernumerary syllables may be of two kinds : those which are extrametrical , and those which are to be elided . A. EXTRAMETRICAL ...
Page 62
... extrametrical syllable always falls at the break and , with the exception of the last two , between the break and the preceding long stress ... extrametrical syllables occur at breaks , but the second 62 SUPERNUMERARY SYLLABLES AND ELISION.
... extrametrical syllable always falls at the break and , with the exception of the last two , between the break and the preceding long stress ... extrametrical syllables occur at breaks , but the second 62 SUPERNUMERARY SYLLABLES AND ELISION.
Page 65
... extrametrical syllables occur at the breaks in the lines , and are either final syllables of words , or else monosyllables themselves . Now in Paradise Lost there is a great multitude of examples of what certain people would have us ...
... extrametrical syllables occur at the breaks in the lines , and are either final syllables of words , or else monosyllables themselves . Now in Paradise Lost there is a great multitude of examples of what certain people would have us ...
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