Milton's Art of ProsodyBlackwell, 1953 - 147 pages |
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Page 20
... later poetic life , only two out of a total of nineteen in English appearing before ' Lycidas ' , the transitional piece from the first to the second groups of his poems . It is to be expected , therefore , that they will exhibit the ...
... later poetic life , only two out of a total of nineteen in English appearing before ' Lycidas ' , the transitional piece from the first to the second groups of his poems . It is to be expected , therefore , that they will exhibit the ...
Page 88
... later poems when they occur finally as well . The rationale of this use seems to be that the semi - vowel , which almost always follows a short vowel of the indeterminate sound ǝ , combines with the short vowel so closely that it either ...
... later poems when they occur finally as well . The rationale of this use seems to be that the semi - vowel , which almost always follows a short vowel of the indeterminate sound ǝ , combines with the short vowel so closely that it either ...
Page 112
... later . The result of this ' variously drawing out the sense from one verse into another ' is that the intellectual content of Milton's poetry expresses itself in paragraphs to whose shape the rhythm also is accommodated , irrespective ...
... later . The result of this ' variously drawing out the sense from one verse into another ' is that the intellectual content of Milton's poetry expresses itself in paragraphs to whose shape the rhythm also is accommodated , irrespective ...
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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