Milton's Art of ProsodyBlackwell, 1953 - 147 pages |
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Page 74
... medial elision . But Miltonic elision differs from the classical , it must be under- stood , in three respects . Both final and medial , and in particular medial , elision is very much more frequent in English ; it is not a prosodical ...
... medial elision . But Miltonic elision differs from the classical , it must be under- stood , in three respects . Both final and medial , and in particular medial , elision is very much more frequent in English ; it is not a prosodical ...
Page 92
... medial elision ever indicated in preference to final by apostrophation . ( The enemies of the idea may retort , with perfect truth , that neither are terminal elisions indicated in preference to medial . ) It seems generally better to ...
... medial elision ever indicated in preference to final by apostrophation . ( The enemies of the idea may retort , with perfect truth , that neither are terminal elisions indicated in preference to medial . ) It seems generally better to ...
Page 119
... medial.2 ( v ) There appear in Para- dise Lost final rhymes upon which one tends to pause . It may be added that ( vi ) in the 1645 edition , the formal comma is sometimes omitted at the end of the line ; that is , the pointing of the ...
... medial.2 ( v ) There appear in Para- dise Lost final rhymes upon which one tends to pause . It may be added that ( vi ) in the 1645 edition , the formal comma is sometimes omitted at the end of the line ; that is , the pointing of the ...
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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