Practical English Prosody and Versification: Or, Descriptions of the Different Species of English Verse, with Exercises in Scanning and Versification ... Calculated to Produce Correctness of Ear and Taste in Reading and Writing Poetry ... |
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... short , as Not , Hăt , Nět : but the quantity or length of syllables is little regarded in English poetry , which is entirely regulated by their number and accent . Accent is the emphatic tone with which some one syllable of a word is ...
... short , as Not , Hăt , Nět : but the quantity or length of syllables is little regarded in English poetry , which is entirely regulated by their number and accent . Accent is the emphatic tone with which some one syllable of a word is ...
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... short of the half , by one half foot . - The word Hemistich , and likewise Tetrastich and Acrostich , being sometimes erroneously written with CK , merely in consequence of a typographic error in John- son's Dictionary , I wish my young ...
... short of the half , by one half foot . - The word Hemistich , and likewise Tetrastich and Acrostich , being sometimes erroneously written with CK , merely in consequence of a typographic error in John- son's Dictionary , I wish my young ...
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... short syllable , and one long ; -the Trochee , of one long and one short ; -the Spondee , of two long ; -the Pyrrhic , of two short ; —the Anapest , of two short and one long ; -the Dactyl , of one long and two short ; -the Tribrachys ...
... short syllable , and one long ; -the Trochee , of one long and one short ; -the Spondee , of two long ; -the Pyrrhic , of two short ; —the Anapest , of two short and one long ; -the Dactyl , of one long and two short ; -the Tribrachys ...
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... short ; whereas , in English prosody , the same marks are to be under- stood as simply meaning , that the first syllable in Pēgăsŭs is accented , and the other two un - accented . This observation applies to every other case . This foot ...
... short ; whereas , in English prosody , the same marks are to be under- stood as simply meaning , that the first syllable in Pēgăsŭs is accented , and the other two un - accented . This observation applies to every other case . This foot ...
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... short a span Was long enough , of old , To measure out the life of man . In those well - temper'd days , his time was then Survey'd , cast up , and found but three - score years and ten : And yet , though brief , how few would wish to ...
... short a span Was long enough , of old , To measure out the life of man . In those well - temper'd days , his time was then Survey'd , cast up , and found but three - score years and ten : And yet , though brief , how few would wish to ...
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accent adjective Aloë altered alternate rhime amarantine Anacreon anapæst ănd beams beauty blest bloom bosom breast breath Briareus cæsura charms cheer clouds dactyl diphthong double rhime Dryden earth eight syllables English English poetry ev'ry example fair feet flow'rs foot French gale glows Greek grief grove heart heav'n Hypermeter hyphen Iambic metre Iambic verses Iambics of eight Iambus lable language Latin licence light lyre maid metre mind Muse nature night o'er Patroclus peace plain pleasures poet poetic poetry Pope pow'r preterite prey pronounced pronunciation Prosody Pyrrhic round scanned scenes shade shed shine shore short sigh single syllable sleep smile soft song sooth sorrow soul sound spondee spring stanzas stream subjunctive mood sweet synæresis syncope tear termination thee thou tribrachys trisyllabic Trochaïc Trochee un-accented syllable vale verbs versification virtue wild word young readers youth
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Page 232 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
Page 233 - Ye winds that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more.
Page 195 - FATHER of all ! in every age, In every clime adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord ! Thou great first Cause, least understood, Who all my sense confined To know but this, that Thou art good, And that myself am blind...
Page 19 - Bound on a voyage of awful length And dangers little known, A stranger to superior strength, Man vainly trusts his own. But oars alone can ne'er prevail To reach the distant coast ; The breath of Heaven must swell the sail, Or all the toil is lost.
Page v - T' arrest the fleeting images that fill The mirror of the mind, and hold them fast, And force them sit till he has pencil'd off A faithful likeness of the forms he views ; Then to dispose his copies with such art, That each may find its most propitious...
Page 81 - His head was silver'd o'er with age, And long experience made him sage ; In summer's heat and winter's cold He fed his flock and penn'd the fold : His hours in cheerful labour flew. Nor envy nor ambition knew : His wisdom and his honest fame Through all the country rais'd his name.
Page 232 - I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 Solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech, I start at the sound of my own.
Page 73 - Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden -flower grows wild; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year...
Page 32 - Tis night, and the landscape is lovely no more ; I mourn, but, ye woodlands, I mourn not for you ; For morn is approaching, your charms to restore, Perfumed with fresh fragrance, and glittering with dew: Nor yet for the ravage of winter I mourn ; Kind nature the embryo blossom will save.