Milton's Art of ProsodyBlackwell, 1953 - 147 pages |
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... instances of rhyming lines separated by a single line , fifty - two instances of rhyming lines which enclose two lines which do not rhyme , twenty - seven in- stances of rhyming lines which enclose three lines which do not rhyme , and a ...
... instances of rhyming lines separated by a single line , fifty - two instances of rhyming lines which enclose two lines which do not rhyme , twenty - seven in- stances of rhyming lines which enclose three lines which do not rhyme , and a ...
Page 76
... instances in which the contracted form appears before a consonant . ( P.L. , I , 157 ) Fall'n Cherube , to be weak is miserable Eternal spirits ; or have ye chos'n this place ( P.L. , I , 318 ) With radiant light , as glowing Iron with ...
... instances in which the contracted form appears before a consonant . ( P.L. , I , 157 ) Fall'n Cherube , to be weak is miserable Eternal spirits ; or have ye chos'n this place ( P.L. , I , 318 ) With radiant light , as glowing Iron with ...
Page 120
... instances in his later poems in which lines have been wrongly divided and have survived the proof - reading2 indicate that if Milton revised his own poetry pauses were not employed by his readers to mark for him the ends of the lines in ...
... instances in his later poems in which lines have been wrongly divided and have survived the proof - reading2 indicate that if Milton revised his own poetry pauses were not employed by his readers to mark for him the ends of the lines in ...
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