Milton's Art of ProsodyBlackwell, 1953 - 147 pages |
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... sense pause is frequently preserved at the octave , despite the rhyming of the quatrain ; 2 and the latter in eight cases observes a sense break after the twelfth line , thus creating a sense , if not a rhymed , couplet in the ...
... sense pause is frequently preserved at the octave , despite the rhyming of the quatrain ; 2 and the latter in eight cases observes a sense break after the twelfth line , thus creating a sense , if not a rhymed , couplet in the ...
Page 117
... sense at periods , probably when they ended with imperfect sense at ends of clauses and periods , but not necessarily when they ended in the midst of clauses or phrases ; on all occasions he observed cadence . Since such a judgment will ...
... sense at periods , probably when they ended with imperfect sense at ends of clauses and periods , but not necessarily when they ended in the midst of clauses or phrases ; on all occasions he observed cadence . Since such a judgment will ...
Page 120
... sense orientation , and if this be true , then when Milton omits punctuation he is omitting a device to show not rhythm but sense . ( iii ) Milton speaks of the sense being drawn out , it is true ; but it cannot be inferred from silence ...
... sense orientation , and if this be true , then when Milton omits punctuation he is omitting a device to show not rhythm but sense . ( iii ) Milton speaks of the sense being drawn out , it is true ; but it cannot be inferred from silence ...
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