Milton's Art of ProsodyBlackwell, 1953 - 147 pages |
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Page 26
... strong argument against monosyllabic feet in Miltonic blank verse . ( vi ) The resultant scansion determines the number of syllables to be ten or eleven in the first two lines , six syllables with three feet in the third , and six with ...
... strong argument against monosyllabic feet in Miltonic blank verse . ( vi ) The resultant scansion determines the number of syllables to be ten or eleven in the first two lines , six syllables with three feet in the third , and six with ...
Page 53
... 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 to five strong accents , and these alternate with ...
... 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 to five strong accents , and these alternate with ...
Page 102
... strong word , and inversion is possible after it ( cf. P.L. , III , 362-3 ) ; furthermore , the accentuation of surface on its ultimate is said by Bridges to be the only example of its kind in literature . Other conditions of the word ...
... strong word , and inversion is possible after it ( cf. P.L. , III , 362-3 ) ; furthermore , the accentuation of surface on its ultimate is said by Bridges to be the only example of its kind in literature . Other conditions of the word ...
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