Milton's Art of ProsodyBlackwell, 1953 - 147 pages |
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... light stress position , and desirable prerequisites for inversion are absent . The point is illustrated again by the following examples of the spelling their . Their Altars by his Altar , Gods ador'd And with their darkness durst ...
... light stress position , and desirable prerequisites for inversion are absent . The point is illustrated again by the following examples of the spelling their . Their Altars by his Altar , Gods ador'd And with their darkness durst ...
Page 53
... light and a strong speech accent , and a short stress ( and a light accent ) always precedes a long stress ( and a strong accent ) ; so that in each line there are five long stresses corresponding to five strong accents , and these ...
... light and a strong speech accent , and a short stress ( and a light accent ) always precedes a long stress ( and a strong accent ) ; so that in each line there are five long stresses corresponding to five strong accents , and these ...
Page 76
... light , as glowing Iron with fire ; Out of such prison , though Spirits of ( P.L. , III , 594 ) ( P.L. , VI , 660 ) purest light , The sacred Fruit forbidd'n ! som cursed fraud Ris'n from a River o're the marish glides . ( P.L. , VIII ...
... light , as glowing Iron with fire ; Out of such prison , though Spirits of ( P.L. , III , 594 ) ( P.L. , VI , 660 ) purest light , The sacred Fruit forbidd'n ! som cursed fraud Ris'n from a River o're the marish glides . ( P.L. , VIII ...
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