Milton's Art of ProsodyBlackwell, 1953 - 147 pages |
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... represent a law in his prosody . The discovery and tabulation of just such laws as these are then the work of the prosodist . Whether the poet ever thought of them specifically while in the throes of composition , whether they represent ...
... represent a law in his prosody . The discovery and tabulation of just such laws as these are then the work of the prosodist . Whether the poet ever thought of them specifically while in the throes of composition , whether they represent ...
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... represented ( without attempting to reproduce in terms of hemi- demi - semi - quavers the precise proportion of silence to ... represents the rhythm as any system can do which is confined to only one differentiation of light and strong ...
... represented ( without attempting to reproduce in terms of hemi- demi - semi - quavers the precise proportion of silence to ... represents the rhythm as any system can do which is confined to only one differentiation of light and strong ...
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... represents a full metrical syllable . ) Some vowels , such as u in ' adventurous ' , almost certainly had less sound ... represent at least a tendency in pro- nunciation towards the sounds they suggest . Comments by critics of poetry ...
... represents a full metrical syllable . ) Some vowels , such as u in ' adventurous ' , almost certainly had less sound ... represent at least a tendency in pro- nunciation towards the sounds they suggest . Comments by critics of poetry ...
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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