Milton's Art of ProsodyBlackwell, 1953 - 147 pages |
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Samuel Ernest Sprott. CHAPTER I V THE VEXATION OF RHYMING In his use of rhyme , Milton belongs to his century and his age ; but in his non - use of it in his longer works , he was a rebel and innovator in the field of prosody . The ...
Samuel Ernest Sprott. CHAPTER I V THE VEXATION OF RHYMING In his use of rhyme , Milton belongs to his century and his age ; but in his non - use of it in his longer works , he was a rebel and innovator in the field of prosody . The ...
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... rhyme is ' a vexation , hindrance , and constraint to express many things otherwise ' , to the detriment of the sense and the rhythm . That this was Milton's own ex- perience ... rhyme is even easier than spacing 31 THE VEXATION OF RHYMING.
... rhyme is ' a vexation , hindrance , and constraint to express many things otherwise ' , to the detriment of the sense and the rhythm . That this was Milton's own ex- perience ... rhyme is even easier than spacing 31 THE VEXATION OF RHYMING.
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... rhyming lines separated by a single line , fifty - two instances of rhyming lines which enclose two lines which do not rhyme , twenty - seven in- stances of rhyming lines which enclose three lines which do not rhyme , and a number of ...
... rhyming lines separated by a single line , fifty - two instances of rhyming lines which enclose two lines which do not rhyme , twenty - seven in- stances of rhyming lines which enclose three lines which do not rhyme , and a number of ...
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