Milton's Art of ProsodyBlackwell, 1953 - 147 pages |
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... remain constant . The former is confined exclusively to the choruses and lyrical passages of Samson Agonistes , and will be described later in connection with that poem . The latter is the medium in which are written the unrhymed lines ...
... remain constant . The former is confined exclusively to the choruses and lyrical passages of Samson Agonistes , and will be described later in connection with that poem . The latter is the medium in which are written the unrhymed lines ...
Page 53
... remain constant at five ( but the number of long stresses will ) . These three variations , together with the questions which arise out of each , will now be discussed in order . 1 Op . cit . , II , pp . 334-5 . CHAPTER VI SUPERNUMERARY ...
... remain constant at five ( but the number of long stresses will ) . These three variations , together with the questions which arise out of each , will now be discussed in order . 1 Op . cit . , II , pp . 334-5 . CHAPTER VI SUPERNUMERARY ...
Page 68
... remain valid when applied to another's . Milton's elisions do not always involve , as Saintsbury assumes , the complete loss of the syllable . The sound of the words so and oft elided together is much nearer swoft than soft ; and ...
... remain valid when applied to another's . Milton's elisions do not always involve , as Saintsbury assumes , the complete loss of the syllable . The sound of the words so and oft elided together is much nearer swoft than soft ; and ...
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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