Milton's Art of ProsodyBlackwell, 1953 - 147 pages |
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... metre . This is , therefore , a most radical and free ' Englishing ' of the foreign measure . If we examine the choruses of Samson Agon- istes with the object of identifying a classical metre within them , assuming that the same ...
... metre . This is , therefore , a most radical and free ' Englishing ' of the foreign measure . If we examine the choruses of Samson Agon- istes with the object of identifying a classical metre within them , assuming that the same ...
Page 122
... metre that poetry has been dis- criminated in all 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 ...
... metre that poetry has been dis- criminated in all 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 ...
Page 146
... metre de- mands . It is certainly dissyllabic at P.L. , VI , 61 ; and it may be taken so at P.L. , IX , 186 , 395 ; P.R. , II , 124 ; etc. Pretexts - occurs once ( S.A. , 901 ) as ~ — . Process - occurs twice ( P.L. , II , 297 ; VII ...
... metre de- mands . It is certainly dissyllabic at P.L. , VI , 61 ; and it may be taken so at P.L. , IX , 186 , 395 ; P.R. , II , 124 ; etc. Pretexts - occurs once ( S.A. , 901 ) as ~ — . Process - occurs twice ( P.L. , II , 297 ; VII ...
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