Milton's Art of ProsodyBlackwell, 1953 - 147 pages |
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... stress which correspond exactly with a light and a strong speech accent , and a short stress ( and a light accent ) always precedes a long stress ( and a strong accent ) ; so that in each line there are five long stresses corresponding ...
... stress which correspond exactly with a light and a strong speech accent , and a short stress ( and a light accent ) always precedes a long stress ( and a strong accent ) ; so that in each line there are five long stresses corresponding ...
Page 139
... stress . This is an old pronunciation used by poets from Shake- speare to Tennyson . Complete usually but once ( C. , 421 ) of stress . ✓ -1 . ? Recession Comrades occurs once at S.A. , 1162 as . ? Progression of stress . Concourse ...
... stress . This is an old pronunciation used by poets from Shake- speare to Tennyson . Complete usually but once ( C. , 421 ) of stress . ✓ -1 . ? Recession Comrades occurs once at S.A. , 1162 as . ? Progression of stress . Concourse ...
Page 145
... stress . Obscene - occurs once ( P.L. , I , 406 ) as stress . - 11. ? Recession v . ? Recession of Obscure ( adj . ) - usually , once ( P.L. , II , 132 ) cession of stress . ? Re- Perfumes ( subs . ) — always ~ , a seventeenth - century ...
... stress . Obscene - occurs once ( P.L. , I , 406 ) as stress . - 11. ? Recession v . ? Recession of Obscure ( adj . ) - usually , once ( P.L. , II , 132 ) cession of stress . ? Re- Perfumes ( subs . ) — always ~ , a seventeenth - century ...
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