Milton's Art of ProsodyBlackwell, 1953 - 147 pages |
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Page 21
... principle of the volta in the sonnet ; for there was no such principle ' . The sixteenth - century Italian poets , with whom Milton was acquainted , had developed the form beyond its early more limited scheme , and Milton incorporated ...
... principle of the volta in the sonnet ; for there was no such principle ' . The sixteenth - century Italian poets , with whom Milton was acquainted , had developed the form beyond its early more limited scheme , and Milton incorporated ...
Page 117
... principle of grammar , verse and rhetoric'.1 After showing that in the editions some punctuation at least is formal , for example , commas with and's and with non - restrictive clauses , Diekhoff argues , from the absence of these in ...
... principle of grammar , verse and rhetoric'.1 After showing that in the editions some punctuation at least is formal , for example , commas with and's and with non - restrictive clauses , Diekhoff argues , from the absence of these in ...
Page 134
... principles of Miltonic prosody in its relation to individual words . Some of these have already been examined in ... principle is akin to that which prohibits the end of a line from falling within a prepositional phrase or between an ...
... principles of Miltonic prosody in its relation to individual words . Some of these have already been examined in ... principle is akin to that which prohibits the end of a line from falling within a prepositional phrase or between an ...
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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