Milton's Art of ProsodyBlackwell, 1953 - 147 pages |
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... Punctuation , Oxford University Press , 1911 , p . 8. But note CHARLES C. FRIES , ' Shakespearean Punctuation ' , Studies in Shakespeare , Milton and Donne by Members of the English Department of the University of Michigan , New York ...
... Punctuation , Oxford University Press , 1911 , p . 8. But note CHARLES C. FRIES , ' Shakespearean Punctuation ' , Studies in Shakespeare , Milton and Donne by Members of the English Department of the University of Michigan , New York ...
Page 117
... punctuation of Milton's poems must be studied as springing from a double or triple 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 ...
... punctuation of Milton's poems must be studied as springing from a double or triple 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 ...
Page 118
... punctuation for sense , and in Paradise Lost Milton generally omits formal punctuation ( but there are exceptions ; vide I , 7 , 154 , etc. ) and uses the colon as the mark next in weight to the full period to make major breaks within ...
... punctuation for sense , and in Paradise Lost Milton generally omits formal punctuation ( but there are exceptions ; vide I , 7 , 154 , etc. ) and uses the colon as the mark next in weight to the full period to make major breaks within ...
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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