Milton's Art of ProsodyBlackwell, 1953 - 147 pages |
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Page 91
... preserve secondary accent and adhere to final rather than medial elision . That he does in fact preserve the secondary accent on the a of -able words is manifest.1 There are many instances in which such words occur with full syllabic ...
... preserve secondary accent and adhere to final rather than medial elision . That he does in fact preserve the secondary accent on the a of -able words is manifest.1 There are many instances in which such words occur with full syllabic ...
Page 122
... preservation of every verse unmingled with another , as a distinct system of sounds ; and this distinctness is ... preserve their cadences , as have all his ' skilful and happy readers ' since . Probably too he indicated by vocal 1 ...
... preservation of every verse unmingled with another , as a distinct system of sounds ; and this distinctness is ... preserve their cadences , as have all his ' skilful and happy readers ' since . Probably too he indicated by vocal 1 ...
Page 135
... Preservation of the Secondary Accent . In Milton's verse , polysyllabic words so consistently preserve a secondary accent on the second syllable after that which con- tains the primary that this accentuation is a distinguishing feature ...
... Preservation of the Secondary Accent . In Milton's verse , polysyllabic words so consistently preserve a secondary accent on the second syllable after that which con- tains the primary that this accentuation is a distinguishing feature ...
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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