Milton's Art of ProsodyBlackwell, 1953 - 147 pages |
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... syllabic verse the long stress is determined not only by accent , but by vowel quantity and position in the line , and in fact an accent may be missing but the stress remain in virtue of one or both of these latter factors.1 The locus ...
... syllabic verse the long stress is determined not only by accent , but by vowel quantity and position in the line , and in fact an accent may be missing but the stress remain in virtue of one or both of these latter factors.1 The locus ...
Page 44
... verse . The final cadences were one of the harmonies of the poetry of the ancients . " The case is the same in our ... syllabic verse ) but fit length or weight of syllables . If so , again he is to some extent contradict- ing Dryden ...
... verse . The final cadences were one of the harmonies of the poetry of the ancients . " The case is the same in our ... syllabic verse ) but fit length or weight of syllables . If so , again he is to some extent contradict- ing Dryden ...
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Samuel Ernest Sprott. English syllabic verse , or as Matthew Arnold suggested , he may have created in English the rhythms which produced in him an impression similar to that produced in him by the Greek choral measures . He did not ...
Samuel Ernest Sprott. English syllabic verse , or as Matthew Arnold suggested , he may have created in English the rhythms which produced in him an impression similar to that produced in him by the Greek choral measures . He did not ...
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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