Milton's Art of ProsodyBlackwell, 1953 - 147 pages |
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... writer who seeks an audience to a study of the theory of such an art . One school of opinion emphasizes the ... writing the poem , he would go mad , and produce nothing of value.I Therefore , runs the argument , since the poet ...
... writer who seeks an audience to a study of the theory of such an art . One school of opinion emphasizes the ... writing the poem , he would go mad , and produce nothing of value.I Therefore , runs the argument , since the poet ...
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... writer of an epic poem on the model of Homer and Vergil and perhaps of Dante , of a tragedy in imitation of ' Eschulus ... writing this early work Milton admitted many details of style which had not yet been bound into the later rules ...
... writer of an epic poem on the model of Homer and Vergil and perhaps of Dante , of a tragedy in imitation of ' Eschulus ... writing this early work Milton admitted many details of style which had not yet been bound into the later rules ...
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... writer's opinion that in the manu- script Milton simply omits punctuation for ease in writing , though he occasionally slips into normal public forms . It is noticeable that the medial punctuation , rare as it is , usually occurs where ...
... writer's opinion that in the manu- script Milton simply omits punctuation for ease in writing , though he occasionally slips into normal public forms . It is noticeable that the medial punctuation , rare as it is , usually occurs where ...
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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