Milton's Art of ProsodyBlackwell, 1953 - 147 pages |
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Page 119
... pause or lingering at the end.1 His arguments are in brief : ( i ) Milton's note on the verse of Paradise Lost speaks only of the sense being variously drawn out from one verse into another . ( ii ) Milton dictated his poetry . ( iii ) ...
... pause or lingering at the end.1 His arguments are in brief : ( i ) Milton's note on the verse of Paradise Lost speaks only of the sense being variously drawn out from one verse into another . ( ii ) Milton dictated his poetry . ( iii ) ...
Page 120
... pause ? ) ; moreover , the pointing printed in the 1637 and 1645 editions , and that in later poetical works , seems ... pauses , if used for this purpose , need not have represented Milton's normal or ideal style of reading . In point ...
... pause ? ) ; moreover , the pointing printed in the 1637 and 1645 editions , and that in later poetical works , seems ... pauses , if used for this purpose , need not have represented Milton's normal or ideal style of reading . In point ...
Page 121
... pause . Rhyme simply emphasizes cadence , and cadence needs little pause . If anything , of course , Milton is deliberately omitting a feature which might dispose a reader to hesitate at the end of the lines ; if the metre is not ' lame ...
... pause . Rhyme simply emphasizes cadence , and cadence needs little pause . If anything , of course , Milton is deliberately omitting a feature which might dispose a reader to hesitate at the end of the lines ; if the metre is not ' lame ...
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