Milton's Art of ProsodyBlackwell, 1953 - 147 pages |
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... printed without a break . Considerable interest attaches to this little poem because of Milton's remarks at its head : Quis multa gracilis te puer in Rosa , Rendred almost word for word without Rhyme according to the Latin Measure , as ...
... printed without a break . Considerable interest attaches to this little poem because of Milton's remarks at its head : Quis multa gracilis te puer in Rosa , Rendred almost word for word without Rhyme according to the Latin Measure , as ...
Page 120
... printed in the 1637 and 1645 editions , and that in later poetical works , seems primarily to have this sense orientation , and if this be true , then when Milton omits punctuation he is omitting a device to show not rhythm but sense ...
... printed in the 1637 and 1645 editions , and that in later poetical works , seems primarily to have this sense orientation , and if this be true , then when Milton omits punctuation he is omitting a device to show not rhythm but sense ...
Page 145
... printed as a dissyllable which may be regarded as correct and intentional , it is otherwise mono- syllabic and printed so , except at P.L. , III , 9 and P.R. , I , 410 , where it is medial and needs to be monosyllabic , but is wrongly ...
... printed as a dissyllable which may be regarded as correct and intentional , it is otherwise mono- syllabic and printed so , except at P.L. , III , 9 and P.R. , I , 410 , where it is medial and needs to be monosyllabic , but is wrongly ...
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