Milton's Art of ProsodyBlackwell, 1953 - 147 pages |
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... Language will permit ' : - - - ~ ) 11 | ( - ) 13 17 15 Some critics are of the opinion that the choruses in Samson Agonistes are English renderings of Greek ( or Latin ) measures as near as the language will permit ; and this ...
... Language will permit ' : - - - ~ ) 11 | ( - ) 13 17 15 Some critics are of the opinion that the choruses in Samson Agonistes are English renderings of Greek ( or Latin ) measures as near as the language will permit ; and this ...
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... language ' , we should expect the coincidences to be distributed evenly through- out the poem ; but in fact ' there are many whole pages in which there is not a single duplication of terminal sounds ' . Moreover , ( v ) the rhymes ...
... language ' , we should expect the coincidences to be distributed evenly through- out the poem ; but in fact ' there are many whole pages in which there is not a single duplication of terminal sounds ' . Moreover , ( v ) the rhymes ...
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... languages ; and in languages melodiously constructed with a due proportion of long and short syl- lables , metre is sufficient . But one language cannot com- municate its rules to another : where metre is scanty and imperfect , some ...
... languages ; and in languages melodiously constructed with a due proportion of long and short syl- lables , metre is sufficient . But one language cannot com- municate its rules to another : where metre is scanty and imperfect , some ...
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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