Milton's Art of ProsodyBlackwell, 1953 - 147 pages |
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... preceding vowel or the soft pronunciation of g or c . 1 Had ris'n or heav'd his head , but that the will Not ti'd or manacl'd with joynt or limb , ( P.L. , I , 211 ) ( P.L. , I , 426 ) Far round illumin'd hell : highly they rag'd ( P.L. ...
... preceding vowel or the soft pronunciation of g or c . 1 Had ris'n or heav'd his head , but that the will Not ti'd or manacl'd with joynt or limb , ( P.L. , I , 211 ) ( P.L. , I , 426 ) Far round illumin'd hell : highly they rag'd ( P.L. ...
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... preceding vowel is of indeterminate sound and is contained within the sound of the semivowel , elision does not involve loss of the sound ; there- fore , the designation ' elision of the semivowels ' is not completely correct . The rule ...
... preceding vowel is of indeterminate sound and is contained within the sound of the semivowel , elision does not involve loss of the sound ; there- fore , the designation ' elision of the semivowels ' is not completely correct . The rule ...
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... preceding foot , and the stress syllable of the preceding foot must be strongly accented or followed by a definite compensatory break ( e.g. , P.L. , III , 648 ; IV , 219 , 342 ) . The only exception I have noted is at P.L. , III , 589 ...
... preceding foot , and the stress syllable of the preceding foot must be strongly accented or followed by a definite compensatory break ( e.g. , P.L. , III , 648 ; IV , 219 , 342 ) . The only exception I have noted is at P.L. , III , 589 ...
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