Milton's Art of ProsodyBlackwell, 1953 - 147 pages |
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... indicate the contraction of a dissyllabic to a monosyllabic word : No wonder , fall'n such a pernicious highth . ( P.L. , I , 282 ) Till , as a signal giv'n , th ' uplifted Spear ( P.L. , I , 347 ) And horrors hast though driv'n me ...
... indicate the contraction of a dissyllabic to a monosyllabic word : No wonder , fall'n such a pernicious highth . ( P.L. , I , 282 ) Till , as a signal giv'n , th ' uplifted Spear ( P.L. , I , 347 ) And horrors hast though driv'n me ...
Page 9
... indicate a metrical syllable . Abominations ; and with cursed things ( P.L. , I , 389 ) And level pavement : from the arched roof ( P.L. , I , 726 ) Mean while the winged Haralds by com- mand ( P.L. , I , 752 ) ( ii ) e is often omitted ...
... indicate a metrical syllable . Abominations ; and with cursed things ( P.L. , I , 389 ) And level pavement : from the arched roof ( P.L. , I , 726 ) Mean while the winged Haralds by com- mand ( P.L. , I , 752 ) ( ii ) e is often omitted ...
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... indicate that he was aware still of the cadences that terminate lines , though with an ear trained by the rhymers he ... indicated the ends of lines by an inflexion of voice which would preserve their cadences , as have all his ' skilful ...
... indicate that he was aware still of the cadences that terminate lines , though with an ear trained by the rhymers he ... indicated the ends of lines by an inflexion of voice which would preserve their cadences , as have all his ' skilful ...
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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