Milton's Art of ProsodyBlackwell, 1953 - 147 pages |
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Page 47
... position on this question . That Milton's verse is syllabic in basis has been contested by some writers , though Bridges has well established their error . The proof of the position is contained in the factual evidence for two ...
... position on this question . That Milton's verse is syllabic in basis has been contested by some writers , though Bridges has well established their error . The proof of the position is contained in the factual evidence for two ...
Page 65
... position at which elision is possible . Secondly , we have seen that in Comus all Milton's true mid- verse ... positions of the lines . Further , the two classically short monosyllabic words regularly used by writers of accentual ...
... position at which elision is possible . Secondly , we have seen that in Comus all Milton's true mid- verse ... positions of the lines . Further , the two classically short monosyllabic words regularly used by writers of accentual ...
Page 99
... position of an inverted ( or , what is now the same thing , a trochaic ) foot which follows after an iamb must be occupied by the first syllable of a word . For the long stress of the iamb must have a full three beats in pronunciation ...
... position of an inverted ( or , what is now the same thing , a trochaic ) foot which follows after an iamb must be occupied by the first syllable of a word . For the long stress of the iamb must have a full three beats in pronunciation ...
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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