Milton's Art of ProsodyBlackwell, 1953 - 147 pages |
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Page 18
... thought of the complete lines as inverted , surely he would have made freer use of inverted second and third feet in iambic lines . It is best to assume that he thought of the line as ending with the strong syllable , so that the seven ...
... thought of the complete lines as inverted , surely he would have made freer use of inverted second and third feet in iambic lines . It is best to assume that he thought of the line as ending with the strong syllable , so that the seven ...
Page 21
... thought ' . Surely little is gained by avoiding the couplet - endings if the last two lines of the poem stand apart from the other in sense . . . . Similarly , there may be no important reason why the thought should not move forward ...
... thought ' . Surely little is gained by avoiding the couplet - endings if the last two lines of the poem stand apart from the other in sense . . . . Similarly , there may be no important reason why the thought should not move forward ...
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... thought that English numbers and the language had been polished and refined . Bysshe writes thus : The Structure of our Verses , whether Blank , or in Rhyme , consists in a certain Number of Syllables , and not in Feet compos'd of long ...
... thought that English numbers and the language had been polished and refined . Bysshe writes thus : The Structure of our Verses , whether Blank , or in Rhyme , consists in a certain Number of Syllables , and not in Feet compos'd of long ...
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