Milton's Art of ProsodyBlackwell, 1953 - 147 pages |
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... words , and a determinate number of feet . But when , by the inundation of the Goths and Vandals into Italy , new languages were brought in , and barbarously mingled with the Latin , of which the Italian , Spanish , French , and ours ...
... words , and a determinate number of feet . But when , by the inundation of the Goths and Vandals into Italy , new languages were brought in , and barbarously mingled with the Latin , of which the Italian , Spanish , French , and ours ...
Page 134
... words . Some of these have already been examined in detail , and others by implication ; the section on Miltonic pronunciation only loosely falls under this title , but it ... words . In the Minor Works , 134 XI PROSODY AND INDIVIDUAL WORDS.
... words . Some of these have already been examined in detail , and others by implication ; the section on Miltonic pronunciation only loosely falls under this title , but it ... words . In the Minor Works , 134 XI PROSODY AND INDIVIDUAL WORDS.
Page 135
... words of the former class in the longer poems are given the syllabic values of today without exception . 4. Preservation of the Secondary Accent . In Milton's verse , polysyllabic words so consistently preserve a secondary accent on the ...
... words of the former class in the longer poems are given the syllabic values of today without exception . 4. Preservation of the Secondary Accent . In Milton's verse , polysyllabic words so consistently preserve a secondary accent on the ...
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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