Milton's Art of ProsodyBlackwell, 1953 - 147 pages |
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Page 32
... fourth feet . In the pentameter couplets and ' Lycidas ' , the percentage of lines with inversions in the first foot is only fifteen , and that of lines with inversions in the fourth foot is less than one . When Milton came to write in ...
... fourth feet . In the pentameter couplets and ' Lycidas ' , the percentage of lines with inversions in the first foot is only fifteen , and that of lines with inversions in the fourth foot is less than one . When Milton came to write in ...
Page 108
... fourth , indicate a tendency to strong openings a trend suggested by the great number of initial inversions , and by ... fourth feet : Confounded , though immortal : But his Th ' associates and copartners of our loss ( iv ) in the first ...
... fourth , indicate a tendency to strong openings a trend suggested by the great number of initial inversions , and by ... fourth feet : Confounded , though immortal : But his Th ' associates and copartners of our loss ( iv ) in the first ...
Page 114
... fourth , leauing sixe to follow . In a verse of nine vpon the fourth , leauing fiue to follow . In a verse of eight iust in the middest , that is , vpon the fourth . In a verse of seauen , either vpon the fourth or none at all , the ...
... fourth , leauing sixe to follow . In a verse of nine vpon the fourth , leauing fiue to follow . In a verse of eight iust in the middest , that is , vpon the fourth . In a verse of seauen , either vpon the fourth or none at all , the ...
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