Milton's Art of ProsodyBlackwell, 1953 - 147 pages |
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... four inverted feet with the final syllable missing , or whether he merely dropped the initial syllable and thought of them as iambic . This is a problem which has some bearing on the inversions in the choruses of Samson Agonistes . I ...
... four inverted feet with the final syllable missing , or whether he merely dropped the initial syllable and thought of them as iambic . This is a problem which has some bearing on the inversions in the choruses of Samson Agonistes . I ...
Page 25
... four four - line , unrhymed stanzas , the sense being run on from one stanza into another , and the whole printed without a break . Considerable interest attaches to this little poem because of Milton's remarks at its head : Quis multa ...
... four four - line , unrhymed stanzas , the sense being run on from one stanza into another , and the whole printed without a break . Considerable interest attaches to this little poem because of Milton's remarks at its head : Quis multa ...
Page 102
... four ) occasions , but in the remainder of his blank verse does not do so . The four lines in question are : Which of us who beholds the bright surface ( P.L. , VI , 472 ) Of Thrones and mighty Seraphim prostrate , ( P.L . , VI , 841 ) ...
... four ) occasions , but in the remainder of his blank verse does not do so . The four lines in question are : Which of us who beholds the bright surface ( P.L. , VI , 472 ) Of Thrones and mighty Seraphim prostrate , ( P.L . , VI , 841 ) ...
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