Milton's Art of ProsodyBlackwell, 1953 - 147 pages |
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... iambic pentameters . The simplest ( this is not to be taken to mean the most fre- quently occurring ) Miltonic blank verse line consists of five feet in rising ( iambic ) rhythm , such as may be read in any of the following : At once as ...
... iambic pentameters . The simplest ( this is not to be taken to mean the most fre- quently occurring ) Miltonic blank verse line consists of five feet in rising ( iambic ) rhythm , such as may be read in any of the following : At once as ...
Page 46
... iambic and ( secondarily ) trochaic , but in theory and practice an extra syl- lable was sometimes admitted with a dactylic effect . In discus- sion of the propriety of this licence , there was disagreement . Campion represents those ...
... iambic and ( secondarily ) trochaic , but in theory and practice an extra syl- lable was sometimes admitted with a dactylic effect . In discus- sion of the propriety of this licence , there was disagreement . Campion represents those ...
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... iambic pentameters we should not hesitate to distinguish its five - pointed accentual rhythm ( as well as its prosodic scansion ) from its eight - pointed rhythm as it appears in its original ( and better ) version : Break , break ...
... iambic pentameters we should not hesitate to distinguish its five - pointed accentual rhythm ( as well as its prosodic scansion ) from its eight - pointed rhythm as it appears in its original ( and better ) version : Break , break ...
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